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Self-exploitation or successful entrepreneurship?: The effects of personal capital on variable outcomes from self-employment

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Self-exploitation or successful entrepreneurship? The effects of personal capital on variable outcomes from self-employment. / Atherton, Andrew Michael.
In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 25, No. 6, 19.11.2018, p. 866-885.

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Atherton AM. Self-exploitation or successful entrepreneurship? The effects of personal capital on variable outcomes from self-employment. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 2018 Nov 19;25(6):866-885. Epub 2018 May 21. doi: 10.1108/JSBED-02-2018-0048

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Atherton, Andrew Michael. / Self-exploitation or successful entrepreneurship? The effects of personal capital on variable outcomes from self-employment. In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 2018 ; Vol. 25, No. 6. pp. 866-885.

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