The networked business incubator - Leveraging entrepreneurial agency?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 265-290

  Bøllingtoft, Anne ^a   Ulhøi, John P ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business incubators; Entrepreneurship; Network theory; Networked incubators; Social capital theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 8144223718     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2003.12.005     Document Type: Article

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