Network practices and entrepreneurial growth

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-133

  Anderson, Alistair R ^a   Dodd, Sarah Drakopoulou ^b   Jack, Sarah ^c  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The American College of Greece   (Greece)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Growth; Habitus; Network; Practice; Process; Spans; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953807145     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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