Globalisation, entrepreneurship and regional environment

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 129-138

  Leitão, João ^a   Lasch, Frank ^b   Thurik, Roy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship research; Globalisation; ICT; Proximity; Regional environment; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951627716     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.038562     Document Type: Article

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