Entrepreneurship, Small Business and Public Policy Levers

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-162

  Dennis Jr , William J ^a  

^a National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 79953111584     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2011.00319.x     Document Type: Article

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