Informal investment in transition economies: Individual characteristics and clusters

Small Business Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 257-271

  Szerb, László ^a,c   Rappai, Gábor ^a,c   Makra, Zsolt ^a,c   Terjesen, Siri ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Max Planck Institute of Economics   (Germany)

^d TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEE; Entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Informal investment; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847406643     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-9019-9     Document Type: Article

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