Entrepreneurship in developing countries

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-68

  Acs, Zoltan ^a   Virgill, Nicola ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77249160729     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000031     Document Type: Article

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