Advancing firm growth research: A focus on growth mode instead of growth rate

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 261-288

  McKelvie, Alexander ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77952580092     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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