Current state of methodology in entrepreneurship research and some expectations for the future

Entrepreneurship Research in Europe: Outcomes and Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 121-149

  Kyrö, Paula ^a   Kansikas, Juha ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

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EID: 80052338714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845424572.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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