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Stumbling Blocks to Entrepreneurship in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities

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Barth, J.R., Yago, G., Zeidman, B. (2008). Stumbling Blocks to Entrepreneurship in Low- and Moderate-Income Communities. In: Yago, G., Barth, J.R., Zeidman, B. (eds) Entrepreneurship in Emerging Domestic Markets. The Milken Institute Series on Financial Innovation and Economic Growth, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-72857-5_5

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