Institutional environments for entrepreneurship: Evidence from emerging economies in Eastern Europe

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 203-218

  Manolova, Tatiana S ^a   Eunni, Rangamohan V ^b   Gyoshev, Bojidar S ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Business School

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EID: 37349123257     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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