Entrepreneurial diversity and economic growth

The Entrepreneurial Society: How to Fill the Gap Between Knowledge and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 17-36

  Verheul, Ingrid ^a   van Stel, André ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

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