Entrepreneurship in post-socialist economies: A typology and institutional contexts for market entrepreneurship

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 236-259

  Kshetri, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deinstitutionalization; Institutions; Legitimacy; Political entrepreneurship; Post socialist economies; Unproductive and destructive entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449535866     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-009-0039-9     Document Type: Article

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