Factors affecting the performance of entrepreneurial service firms

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1003-1013

  Lim, Seong Bae ^a   Ribeiro, Domingo ^b   Lee, Sang M ^c  

^a ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial performance; Entrepreneurship; Minimum cost production; Spain

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MACROECONOMICS; SERVICE SECTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 55949113607     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701867263     Document Type: Article

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