Using data from a national study of the small Business Development Center program, this study tests two hypotheses derived from resource-based theory about the moderating influence of out- sider assistance and geographic location on the relationship between entrepre- neurial intentions and venture creation. Our hypotheses suggest that outsider Assistance leads to the development of Tacit knowledge useful in start-up and That geographic locations differ in critical Knowledge resources available to entre- Preneurs.
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