What happens to nascent entrepreneurs? An econometric analysis of the PSED

Small Business Economics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-101

  Parker, Simon C ^b   Belghitar, Yacine ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nascent entrepreneurship; New venture creation; Occupational choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748674223     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-9003-4     Document Type: Article

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