Networking Behavior and Contracting Relationships Among Entrepreneurs in Business Incubators

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1159-1181

  Ebbers, Joris J ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84908498647     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12032     Document Type: Article

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