Environmental uncertainty and firm-level entrepreneurship

Historical Foundations of Entrepreneurship Research

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 81-97

  Marino, Lou ^a   Kreiser, Patrick ^b   Robinson, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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