How and why business model matters in acquisition of knowledge in small and entrepreneurial firms

Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms: Dynamic Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-21

  Najmaei, Arash ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch001     Document Type: Chapter

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