The relationship between economic development and business ownership revisited

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-291

  Carree, Martin ^a   Van Stel, André ^b,c,d   Thurik, Roy ^b,c,d   Wennekers, Sander ^b,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business ownership; Economic development; Economic growth; Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; MODELING; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 34249989088     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701296318     Document Type: Article

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