Public and private sector entrepreneurship: Similarities, differences or a combination?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-46

  Kearney, Claudine ^a   Hisrich, Robert D ^b   Roche, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Performance management; Private sector organizations; Public sector organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 73049090347     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000910932863     Document Type: Article

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