Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Case of China

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Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Case of China. / Tung, Rosalie L.; Walls, Jan ; Frese, Michael.
The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. Hrsg. / Robert A. Baron ; Michael Frese; J. Robert Baum. 1. Aufl. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007. S. 265-286 (The organizational frontiers series).

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Harvard

Tung, RL, Walls, J & Frese, M 2007, Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Case of China. in RA Baron , M Frese & JR Baum (Hrsg.), The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. 1. Aufl., The organizational frontiers series, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah, S. 265-286. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315750989-20

APA

Tung, R. L., Walls, J., & Frese, M. (2007). Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Case of China. In R. A. Baron , M. Frese, & J. R. Baum (Hrsg.), The Psychology of Entrepreneurship (1. Aufl., S. 265-286). (The organizational frontiers series). Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315750989-20

Vancouver

Tung RL, Walls J, Frese M. Cross-Cultural Entrepreneurship: The Case of China. in Baron RA, Frese M, Baum JR, Hrsg., The Psychology of Entrepreneurship. 1. Aufl. Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 2007. S. 265-286. (The organizational frontiers series). doi: 10.4324/9781315750989-20

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