Network behaviours, social capital, and organisational learning in high-growth entrepreneurial firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-272

  Hughes, Mathew ^a   Morgan, Robert E ^b   Ireland, R Duane ^c   Hughes, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business incubation; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge assimilation; Learning; Network behaviour; Social capital; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952674667     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.039006     Document Type: Article

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