The Effects of General and Specific Human Capital on Long-Term Growth and Failure of Newly Founded Businesses

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 923-941

  Rauch, Andreas ^a   Rijsdijk, Serge A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84880043620     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00487.x     Document Type: Article

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