David storey's optimism and chance perspective: A case of the emperor's new clothes?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 714-729

  Westhead, Paul ^a   Wright, Mike ^b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cognition; experience; growth; human capital; learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955243922     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611424552     Document Type: Article

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