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  1. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Illinois

    Joseph T. Mahoney & Steven C. Michael

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  3. University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Mahoney, J.T., Michael, S.C. (2005). A Subjectivist Theory of Entrepreneurship. In: Alvarez, S.A., Agarwal, R., Sorenson, O. (eds) Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research. International Handbook Series on Entrepreneurship, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23622-8_3

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