Education, mobility and rural business development

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 660-677

  Bosworth, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Human capital; Knowledge sharing; Networking; Rural economies; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149085729     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000911000983     Document Type: Article

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