Entrepreneurial Human Capital and the Long-Run Survival of Firms in India

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 689-696

  Nafziger, E Wayne ^a   Terrell, Dek ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEURS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; HUMAN CAPITAL;

INDIA;

EID: 0029906667     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(95)00161-5     Document Type: Article

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