Introduction

Entrepreneurship and the Growth of Firms

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-18

  Davidsson, Per ^a   Delmar, Frédéric ^b   Wiklund, Johan ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b EMLYON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84878628905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009949.00007     Document Type: Editorial

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