The determinants of latent entrepreneurship in Japan

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-240

  Masuda, Tatsuyoshi ^a  

^a HOKUSEI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Business startup assistance; Entrepreneurship; Gender; Japan; Latant entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 33244497618     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-0206-x     Document Type: Review

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