The value of financial freedom and ownership in opportunities of entrepreneurial harvest

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 469-482

  Neves, João C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Rua Miguel Lúpi   (Portugal)

Author keywords

due diligence of small businesses; entrepreneurial finance; entrepreneurship; mergers and acquisitions; small business valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053088732     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.007000     Document Type: Article

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