New venture creation: Evidence from an investigation into Chinese entrepreneurship

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 161-173

  Zhang, Yuli ^a   Yang, Jun ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business formation; China; Entrepreneurialism; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744805831     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610665872     Document Type: Article

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