Regional differences in the influence of role models: Comparing the entrepreneurial process of rural Catalonia

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 779-796

  Lafuente, Esteban ^a   Vaillant, Yancy ^a   Rialp, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Informal institutional factors; Role model; Rural entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENTREPRENEUR; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 34547610889     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400601120247     Document Type: Article

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