Entrepreneurship and growth: A Latin American paradox?

Independent Review

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-100

  Larroulet, Cristian ^a   Couyoumdjian, Juan Pablo ^a,b  

^a Facultad de Economía y Negocios

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 67651033983     PISSN: 10861653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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