Informal support networks in the making of small independent businesses: Beyond ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ ties?*

Networks, Trust and Social Capital: Theoretical and Empirical Investigations from Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 167-185

  Koniordos, Sokratis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 85082464478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315248158-17     Document Type: Chapter

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