'Entrepreneurship enablers'-Their unsung and unquantified role in competitiveness and regeneration

Local Economy

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-73

  Thompson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951268861     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690940903545406     Document Type: Article

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