Who values the status of the entrepreneur?

Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 24-42

  van Praag, Mirjam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84881974784     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807760.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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