Enterprise development in different rural areas of finland

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-262

  Niittykangas, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Finland; Regional variation; Rural areas; Smes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006999222     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629600000015     Document Type: Article

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