The nascent entrepreneur, business development and the role of human resources

International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 21-46

  Chell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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