Financial bootstrapping and social capital: How technology-based start-ups fund innovation

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 199-209

  Smith, David ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping; social capital; Finance; Innovation; Start ups; Technical entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149189539     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2009.025182     Document Type: Article

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