Planning and the Entrepreneur: A Longitudinal Examination of Nascent Entrepreneurs in Sweden

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-388

  Honig, Benson ^a   Samuelsson, Mikael ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

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EID: 84862868710     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2012.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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