Toward a sustainable conceptualization of dependent variables in entrepreneurship research

Business Strategy and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-119

  Cohen, Boyd ^a   Smith, Brock ^a   Mitchell, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependent variables; Entrepreneurship research; Sustainable entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; INCOME; SUSTAINABILITY; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 39649115597     PISSN: 09644733     EISSN: 10990836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bse.505     Document Type: Article

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