Using e-mails as a source of qualitative data

Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 331-358

  Wakkee, Ingrid ^a   Englis, Paula D ^b   During, Wim ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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