Venture creation speed and subsequent growth: Evidence from South America

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 302-324

  Capelleras, Joan Lluis ^a   Greene, Francis J ^b   Kantis, Hugo ^c   Rabetino, Rodrigo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS   (Argentina)

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EID: 77954839365     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2010.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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