Measuring entrepreneurial quality in southern Europe

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-107

  Santos Cumplido, Francisco Javier ^a   Liñán, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial orientation; Entrepreneurial quality; Southern Europe; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845960027     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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