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The evolution and embeddedness of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms in creative industries: contrasting experienced and non-experienced entrepreneurs in the Swedish fashion industry

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Pages 2387-2406 | Received 27 Mar 2017, Accepted 09 Oct 2018, Published online: 24 Oct 2018

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