Foundations of high impact entrepreneurship

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 535-620

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Finance; High impact firms; Innovation; Leveraged start ups; Occupational choice; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868333725     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000025     Document Type: Review

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