Swedish tribalism and Tanzanian entrepreneurship: Preconditions for trust formation

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-107

  Tillmar, Malin ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Co operation; Development; Entrepreneurship; Institutions; Trust

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURE; ENTREPRENEUR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWEDEN; TANZANIA;

EID: 33644587903     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500531956     Document Type: Article

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