Does one Size fit all? The multiple organizational forms leading to successful academic entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 929-947

  Wood, Matthew S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650687356     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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