Entrepreneurship and growth

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-22

  Wright, Mike ^a,b   Stigliani, Ileana ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

cognition; growth; microfoundations; resource based view; strategic entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872588233     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612467359     Document Type: Article

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