The Influence of Internal Social Capital on Serial Creators’ Success in Crowdfunding

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 209-236

  Skirnevskiy, Vitaly ^a   Bendig, David ^a   Brettel, Malte ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 85011343054     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12272     Document Type: Article

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