Stratification, Economic Adversity, and Entrepreneurial Launch: The Effect of Resource Position on Entrepreneurial Strategy

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 685-712

  Perry Rivers, Patrice ^a  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84910596943     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12137     Document Type: Article

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