Entrepreneurial Motivations: What Do We Still Need to Know?

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-26

  Carsrud, Alan ^a,b   Brännback, Malin ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

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EID: 78650633705     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2010.00312.x     Document Type: Article

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