An entrepreneurial network evolving: Patterns of change

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 315-337

  Jack, Sarah ^a   Moult, Susan ^b   Anderson, Alistair R ^b   Dodd, Sarah ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c The American College of Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

change; longitudinal case study; network change and evolution; networking; networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956089783     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610363525     Document Type: Article

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