Perceptions regarding strategic and structural entry barriers

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-33

  Lutz, Clemens H M ^a   Kemp, Ron G M ^b   Dijkstra, S Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antitrust policy; Barriers to entry; Entrepreneurship; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954028171     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9159-1     Document Type: Article

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