Experiential learning within the process of opportunity identification and exploitation

Entrepreneurial Learning: Conceptual Frameworks and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 120-140

  Corbett, Andrew C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84863438541     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203931929     Document Type: Chapter

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