Entrepreneurship and the role of government in post-socialist economies: Some institutional challenges

Historical Social Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 320-333

  Smallbone, D ^a   Welter, Friederike ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Government policies; Institutions; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953527649     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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