Do miracles exist? Analyzing economic performance comparatively

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-538

  Vis, Barbara ^a   Woldendorp, Jaap ^a   Keman, Hans ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Economic performance; Factor analysis; Fuzzy sets; Miracles

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947713242     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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