Hong kong's entrepreneurship: Behaviours and determinants

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-194

  Yu, Tony Fu Lai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guerrilla entrepreneurship ordinary discovery arbitrageurship imitation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0033822016     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856200413455     Document Type: Article

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