Towards cooperation between European start-ups: the position of the French, Dutch and German entrepreneurial and innovative engineer

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Culture: The Interaction between Technology, Progress and Economic Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 204-232

  Ulijn, Jan ^a   Fayolle, Alain ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

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EID: 85135431146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420550.00015     Document Type: Chapter

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