Cultural values predict subsequent economic growth

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-24

  Minkov, Michael ^a,b   Blagoev, Vesselin ^a  

^a VARNA UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Economic dynamism; Economic growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549125693     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595808101153     Document Type: Review

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