Entrepreneurial Founding Activities that Create Gazelles

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-59

  Cunneen, D J ^a   Meredith, G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84871344121     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13215906.2007.11005831     Document Type: Article

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