Informal firms in developing countries: Entrepreneurial stepping stone or consolation prize?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-63

  Bennett, John ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Informality

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749125501     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9194-6     Document Type: Article

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