The quality of entrepreneurs

Economic Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 539, 2009, Pages 1010-1035

  Hvide, Hans K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PROFITABILITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67649998783     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2009.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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