Socio-cultural factors and entrepreneurial activity: An overview

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 105-118

  Thornton, Patricia H ^a   Ribeiro Soriano, Domingo ^b   Urbano, David ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

cultural factors; entrepreneurial activity; institutional economics; social factors; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956027702     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610391930     Document Type: Article

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