Alternative Investment Market: A Way to Promote Entrepreneurship

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 253-274

  Colombelli, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b BRICK Bureau of Research in Innovation Complexity and Knowledge   (Italy)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial orientation; firm market performance; IPOs; top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957276853     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-010-0079-9     Document Type: Article

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