The impacts of external factors on the growth of Chinese entrepreneurial enterprises: An empirical study

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 689-703

  Zhang, Yanfeng ^a   Si, Chunlin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business development; China; Entrepreneurialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849096624     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810917807     Document Type: Article

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