Social capital and entrepreneurial performance in Russia: A longitudinal study

Organization Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 535-556

  Batjargal, Bat ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Russia; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041589714     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840603024004002     Document Type: Article

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