The entrepreneur's mode of entry: Business takeover or new venture start?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-46

  Parker, Simon C ^a   Van Praag, C Mirjam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business start up; Business takeover; Education; Entrepreneur; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555214612     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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