Trustworthiness: A critical ingredient for entrepreneurs seeking Investors

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1057-1080

  Maxwell, Andrew L ^a,b   Lévesque, Moren ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Canadian Innovation Centre   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84906856117     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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