A theoretical grounding and test of the GEM model

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-263

  Levie, Jonathan ^a   Autio, Erkko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial activity; Entrepreneurial framework conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949092285     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9136-8     Document Type: Article

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