Embeddedness of entrepreneurs in rural areas: A comparative rough set data analysis

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 538-553

  Akgün, Aliye Ahu ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b   Baycan, Tüzin ^a   Brons, Martijn ^c  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b VU University   (Netherlands)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Rough set data analysis; Rural development; Rural entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649426749     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2010.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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