Case analysis of canadian self–employment assistance programming

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-69

  Orser, Barbara ^a   Hogarth Scott, Sandy ^b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Policy; Self employment

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LABOUR POLICY; POLICY MAKING; SELF-EMPLOYMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0031863491     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629800000004     Document Type: Article

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