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Entrepreneurship and Transformations

Indigenous entrepreneurship? Setting the record straight

Rick Colbournea Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Ana Maria Peredob Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, CanadaView further author information
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Irene Henriquesc Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
Pages 455-477 | Received 01 Oct 2020, Accepted 03 Jan 2023, Published online: 25 Jan 2023

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