Accounting and control, entrepreneurship and innovation: Venturing into new research opportunities

European Accounting Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-311

  Davila, Antonio ^a   Foster, George ^b   Oyon, Daniel ^c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 75249100774     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180902731455     Document Type: Article

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