What makes a die-hard entrepreneur? beyond the 'employee or entrepreneur' dichotomy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-115

  Burke, Andrew E ^a,b   Fitzroy, Felix R ^c,d   Nolan, Michael A ^e  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d IZA   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Count data; Entrepreneurial persistence; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349110057     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9086-6     Document Type: Article

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