Explaining entrepreneurship and the role of policy: A framework

Handbook Of Research On Entrepreneurship Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-17

  Audretsch, David B ^a,b   Grilo, Isabel ^c,d   Thurik, A Roy ^e,f,g  

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

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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EID: 48049105206     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847206794.00005     Document Type: Chapter

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