FDo dot.com and traditional entrepreneurs succeed in the same way? A multiple case study in Catalonia

International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 405-429

  Serarols, Christian ^a   Urbano, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cybertraders; digital entrepreneur; electronic commerce; entrepreneurship; internet; success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960304768     PISSN: 17465370     EISSN: 17465389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTE.2008.022866     Document Type: Article

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