What do entrepreneurs actually do? An observational study of entrepreneurs' everyday behavior in the start-up and growth stages

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 995-1017

  Mueller, Susan ^a,b   Volery, Thierry ^b   von Siemens, Björn ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84865736880     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2012.00538.x     Document Type: Article

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