Entrepreneurship and regional culture: The case of Hamamatsu and Kyoto, Japan

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 495-512

  Yuko, Aoyama ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Japan; Kyoto Hamamatsu; Regional dimensions

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ENTREPRENEUR; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAMAMATSU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; KYOTO; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU];

EID: 70349814187     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400902777042     Document Type: Article

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