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The Emperical Scope of User Innovation 用户创新的经验范围

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2014-05-22 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/9439.003.0007

J. D. Jong

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引用次数: 21

Globalization, entrepreneurship and the region 全球化、创业与区域

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2012-01-09 DOI: 10.4337/9780857936493.00006

R. Thurik, D. Audretsch, Isabel Grilo

引用次数: 43

Understanding the Drivers of an ‘Entrepreneurial’ Economy: Lessons from Japan and the Netherlands 理解“创业型”经济的驱动因素:来自日本和荷兰的经验教训

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2010-09-01 DOI: 10.4337/9781783472666.00007

Hiroyuki Okamuro, A. Stel, I. Verheul

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引用次数: 14

Ambitious Entrepreneurship, High-Growth Firms, and Macroeconomic Growth 雄心勃勃的企业家精神、高增长企业和宏观经济增长

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2010-02-02 DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580866.003.0011

E. Stam, Chantal Hartog, A. Stel, R. Thurik

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引用次数: 56

High Growth Entrepreneurs, Public Policies and Economic Growth 高增长企业家、公共政策与经济增长

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2007-10-05 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8_5

E. Stam, K. Suddle, S. Hessels, A. Stel, Jolanda A. Hessels

引用次数: 163

Innovation and international involvement of Dutch SMEs 荷兰中小企业的创新和国际参与

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2006-07-06 DOI: 10.1504/ijesb.2007.013250

J. Hessels

引用次数: 44

Entrepreneurship in the old en new Europe 新旧欧洲的企业家精神

Scales research reports Pub Date : 2006-01-23 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-32314-7_4

Isabel Grilo, R. Thurik