Linking business ownership and perceived administrative complexity

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-22

  Van Stel, André ^a   Stunnenberg, Viktor ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business formation; Corporate ownership; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644500731     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610645270     Document Type: Article

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