Kinship in Entrepreneur Networks: Performance Effects of Resource Assembly in Africa

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1323-1342

  Khayesi, Jane N O ^a   George, Gerard ^a   Antonakis, John ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85027928841     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12127     Document Type: Article

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