Looking back at 20 years of entrepreneurship research: What did we learn?

Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Growth and Performance: Frontiers in European Entrepreneurship Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 13-26

  Davidsson, Per ^a,b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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