Opportunity spin-offs and necessity spin-offs

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-40

  Buenstorf, Guido ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser industry; Necessity entrepreneurship; Opportunity discovery; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857315803     PISSN: 17425360     EISSN: 17425379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEV.2009.023818     Document Type: Article

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