Politico-economic factors associated with interest in starting a business: A multi-country study

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-55

  Begley, Thomas M ^a   Tan, Wee Liang ^b   Schoch, Herbert ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 27844541398     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2005.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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