Regional determinants of entrepreneurial start-ups in a developing country

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-124

  Naudé, Wim ^a,b   Gries, Thomas ^c   Wood, Eric ^d   Meintjies, Aloe ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Regional development; Semi endogenous growth; South Africa; Start ups

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 38549133830     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701631498     Document Type: Article

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