Value diversity for innovativeness in the multicultural society of estonia

Entrepreneurship, Cooperation and the Firm: The Emergence and Survival of High-Technology Ventures in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 370-390

  Vedina, Rebekka ^a   Fink, Gerhard ^b   Vadi, Maaja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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