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Managing the Entrepreneurial Process: The Relationship Between Universities and Early Entrepreneurship

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The prospects for growth and for transformation of the system may depend on its ability to generate new entrepreneurial initiatives and on the specific characteristics of the new entrepreneurs.

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Carayannis, E.G. (2014). Managing the Entrepreneurial Process: The Relationship Between Universities and Early Entrepreneurship. In: Student Entrepreneurship in the Social Knowledge Economy. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05567-1_2

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