Individual and opportunity factors influencing job creation in new firms

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1125-1147

  Dencker, John C ^a   Gruber, Marc ^b   Shah, Sonali K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 73949083097     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2009.47084648     Document Type: Article

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