'Involuntary self-employment' in Finland: A bleak future?

International Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-548

  Kautonen, Teemu ^a   Palmroos, Jenni ^a   Vainio, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Involuntary self employment; Necessity entrepreneurship; Outsourcing; Public policy; Quasi self employment; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 66349128202     PISSN: 17400600     EISSN: 17400619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJPP.2009.025261     Document Type: Article

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