Entrepreneurship research on network processes: A review and ways forward

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-57

  Slotte Kock, Susanna ^a   Coviello, Nicole ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 73649124977     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00311.x     Document Type: Article

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