The relationship between an entrepreneur's culture and the entrepreneurial behaviour of the firm

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 111-129

  Altinay, Levent ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ethnics; Education; Entrepreneurialism; Language; Organizational behaviour; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349108727     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810850874     Document Type: Article

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