What determines the growth ambition of Dutch early-stage entrepreneurs?

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-207

  Verheul, Ingrid ^a,b   Van Mil, Linda ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth ambition; Nascent entrepreneurs; Netherlands; Young business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857309670     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2011.039340     Document Type: Article

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