Clarifying the intrapreneurship concept

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-24

  Antoncic, Bostjan ^a   Hisrich, Robert D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84986092679     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310461187     Document Type: Article

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