Entrepreneurial ventures in higher education: Analysing organizational growth

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 683-708

  Jones, Oswald ^a   Macpherson, Allan ^a   Woollard, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterprise centres; Evolution; Growth; Knowledge; Tipping points

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049126316     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242608096089     Document Type: Article

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