Determinants of entrepreneurial engagement levels in Europe and the US

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1113-1145

  Grilo, Isabel ^a,b,c   Thurik, Roy ^d,e,f  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e EIM Group   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL PROVISION; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; LIECHTENSTEIN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 52949128439     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtn044     Document Type: Article

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