Venturing beyond the marathon: The entrepreneurship of ultrarunning and the IAU World Cup in Korea

Asian Business and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-241

  Terjesen, Siri ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 66849113705     PISSN: 14724782     EISSN: 14769328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/abm.2008.2     Document Type: Article

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