Conceptualising entrepreneurship in a transition context

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 190-206

  Smallbone, David ^a,b   Welter, Friederike ^c,d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^d JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Small and medium enterprises (SME); Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645026421     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2006.008928     Document Type: Review

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