Avoiding the fate of the dotbombs: Lessons from three surviving dotcom start-ups

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Barnes, David ^a   Hinton, Matthew ^b   Mieczkowska, Suzanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992933877     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000410551582     Document Type: Article

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