The coupling between entrepreneurship and public policy: Tight in developed countries but loose in developing countries;La conexión entre el emprendimiento y la política pública: Bien ajustada en los países desarrollados, pero suelta en los países en desarrollo

Estudios de Economia

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-214

  Schøtt, Thomas ^a   Wickstrøm Jensen, Kent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Developed vs. developing countries; Entrepreneurship activity; Entrepreneurship policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67049134198     PISSN: 03042758     EISSN: 07185286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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