Reconceiving the Gestation Window: The Consequences of Competing Definitions of Firm Conception and Birth

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 219-237

  Schoonhoven, Claudia B ^a   Burton, M Diane ^b   Reynolds, Paul D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Detailed Interview; Gestation Period; Labor Market; Labor Market Participation; Nascent Entrepreneur

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145934926     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09523-3_11     Document Type: Chapter

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