Social capital: An asset or a liability to entrepreneurial activity?

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-252

  Ronning, Lars ^a  

^a NORDLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial activity; Farm households; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549092441     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2009.022808     Document Type: Article

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