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From Traditional to Online Methods for Generating Business Ideas

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2021-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668
Language: English
Page range: 307 - 329
Submitted on: Apr 17, 2021
Accepted on: Aug 17, 2021
Published on: Sep 28, 2021
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative
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