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Investigating Sustainable Business Ecosystems and the University Role: A Cluster Analysis

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|Sep 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mdke-2023-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2392-8042 | Journal ISSN: 2286-2668
Language: English
Page range: 251 - 266
Submitted on: Jul 5, 2023
Accepted on: Aug 3, 2023
Published on: Sep 24, 2023
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