The contributions and disconnections between writing a Business plan and the start-up process for incubator technology entrepreneurs

Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence and Growth

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages 197-241

  Gately, Clare ^a   Cunningham, James ^b  

^a South East Technological University   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Business plan; Business planning; Start up activities; Technology entrepreneur

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911498309     PISSN: 10747540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1074-754020140000016007     Document Type: Article

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