Assessing the quality of qualitative research in entrepreneurship

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 383-405

  Wigren, Caroline ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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