Beyond ideal-type depictions of entrepreneurship: Some lessons from the service sector in England

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1041-1053

  Williams, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; Entrepreneurs; Off the books transactions; Service sector; Underground economy

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ENTREPRENEUR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SERVICE SECTOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55949127698     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060701846770     Document Type: Article

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