Entrepreneurial exit and entrepreneurial engagement

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 447-471

  Hessels, Jolanda ^a,b   Grilo, Isabel ^c,d   Thurik, Roy ^a,b,e   van der Zwan, Peter ^b  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial process; Exit

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960076111     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-010-0190-4     Document Type: Article

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