The entrepreneur's mode of entry: The effect of social and financial capital

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 865-877

  Bastié, Françoise ^a   Cieply, Sylvie ^a   Cussy, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Business takeover; Entry mode; Financial capital; Nascent entrepreneurs; Startup

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876679845     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9391-y     Document Type: Article

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