Introduction: Methodological variety in entrepreneurship research

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-14

  Neergaard, Helle ^a   Ulhøi, John Parm ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

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