Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services

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Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. / Reihlen, Markus; Werr, Andreas.
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. ed. / Markus Reihlen; Andreas Werr. 1. ed. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012. p. 3-20.

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Harvard

Reihlen, M & Werr, A 2012, Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. in M Reihlen & A Werr (eds), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. 1. edn, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, U.K., pp. 3-20. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781009109.00009

APA

Reihlen, M., & Werr, A. (2012). Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. In M. Reihlen, & A. Werr (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services (1. ed., pp. 3-20). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781009109.00009

Vancouver

Reihlen M, Werr A. Towards a Multi-Level Approach to Studying Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. In Reihlen M, Werr A, editors, Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Professional Services. 1. ed. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing. 2012. p. 3-20 doi: 10.4337/9781781009109.00009

Bibtex

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