The Rewards of Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Incomes, Wealth, and Economic Well-Being of Entrepreneurial Households

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-55

  Carter, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78751508448     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2010.00422.x     Document Type: Article

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