New business early performance: Differences between firms started by novice, serial and portfolio entrepreneurs

Managing Complexity and Change in SMEs: Frontiers in European Research

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 35-49

  Alsos, Gry Agnete ^a   Kolvereid, Lars ^b   Isaksen, Espen John ^b  

^a NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b Bodo Graduate School of Business   (Norway)

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