Determinants of rural industrial entrepreneurship of farmers in West Bengal: A structural equations approach

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-396

  Folmer, Henk ^a,b   Dutta, Subrata ^c   Oud, Han ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research   (India)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

capital markets in rural areas; entrepreneurship promotion and training programs; India; LISREL 8; rural industrial entrepreneurship; simultaneous equation model

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL MARKET; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL POLICY;

INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 77957988044     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017610384400     Document Type: Article

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