Internet entrepreneurship: Social capital, human capital, and performance of Internet ventures in China

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 605-618

  Batjargal, Bat ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Entrepreneurship; Human capital; Internet; Social capital

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENTREPRENEURSHIP; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SURVIVAL LIKELIHOOD;

INTERNET;

EID: 34249340425     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.029     Document Type: Article

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