Entrepreneurial behaviour in transition environments

Entrepreneurship and Business: A Regional Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 211-228

  Smallbone, David ^a   Welter, Friederike ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84891989233     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70902-2_11     Document Type: Chapter

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