The embedded entrepreneur

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-181

  Dahl, Michael S ^a   Sorenson, Olav ^b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurs; Location choice; Migration; Regional mobility; Social embeddedness; Spin offs

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349224167     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.14     Document Type: Article

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