Regional dimensions of entrepreneurship

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 211-340

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 73649113942     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000024     Document Type: Article

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