The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEINDEX)

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 341-435

  Ácsc, Zoltán J ^a,b   Szerb, László ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Development; Entrepreneurship; Globalization; Index; Innovation; Institutions; Knowledge; Stages of growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 69249150797     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000027     Document Type: Article

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