New venture support: an analysis of mentoring support for new and early stage entrepreneurs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Deakins, D ^a   Graham, L ^a   Sullivan, R ^b   Whittam, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Mentoring; Networking; Scotland; Small firms; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992985712     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006763     Document Type: Review

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