Start-up motivations and growth intentions of minority nascent entrepreneurs

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-196

  Edelman, Linda F ^a   Brush, Candida G ^b   Manolova, Tatiana S ^a   Greene, Patricia G ^b  

^a BENTLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 77954379360     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2010.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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