An exploratory study of characteristics and attributes of Turkish entrepreneurs: A cross-country comparison to Irish entrepreneurs

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 25-46

  Turan, Mehmet ^a   Kara, Ali ^b  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cluster analysis; Cross country comparison; Empirical study; Motivation; Turkish and Irish entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449105446     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-007-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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