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The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation

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The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation. / Hughes, Mathew; Eggers, Fabian; Kraus, Sascha et al.
In: IJESB, Vol. 26, No. 1, 24.08.2015, p. 116-138.

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Hughes, M, Eggers, F, Kraus, S & Hughes, P 2015, 'The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation', IJESB, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 116-138. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijesb.2015.071323

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Hughes, M., Eggers, F., Kraus, S., & Hughes, P. (2015). The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation. IJESB, 26(1), 116-138. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijesb.2015.071323

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Hughes M, Eggers F, Kraus S, Hughes P. The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation. IJESB. 2015 Aug 24;26(1):116-138. doi: 10.1504/ijesb.2015.071323

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Hughes, Mathew ; Eggers, Fabian ; Kraus, Sascha et al. / The relevance of slack resource availability and networking effectiveness for entrepreneurial orientation. In: IJESB. 2015 ; Vol. 26, No. 1. pp. 116-138.

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