Notice of RetractionThe Promise of the Availability of Leveraging Resources

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Leveraging resources refer to not only external resources, but also the function of leveraging. Entrepreneurship in essence cares little about the ownership of the resources that it uses. Since entrepreneurial firms are faced with challenges of liabilities of newness and liabilities of smallness, which can directly result in a lack of resources. Leveraging resources is a key to resolve these difficulties. The ways to acquire leveraging resources are influenced by the strategies of an entrepreneurial firm. Various ways needs to be explored to acquire leveraging resources for entrepreneurial firms.