Demographics and personal characteristics of urban Malaysian entrepreneurs: an ethnic comparison

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 421-440

  Othman, Md Nor ^a   Ghazali, Ezlika ^a   Cheng, Ong Chee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

attitude; business characteristics; demographic; entrepreneurs; entrepreneurs profile; ethnicity; Malaysia; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149095877     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.006997     Document Type: Article

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