Measuring enterprise potential in young people

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 481-500

  Athayde, Rosemary ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62249130865     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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