What kind of capital do you need to start a business: Financial or human?

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-122

  Montgomery, Mark ^a   Johnson, Terry ^b   Faisal, Syed ^c  

^a GRINNELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c CAPGEMINI   (United States)

Author keywords

Business start up; Entrepreneurship; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 11844284876     PISSN: 10629769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.qref.2003.11.005     Document Type: Article

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