Two forms of community entrepreneurship in Finland: Are there differences between Finnish and Sámi reindeer husbandry entrepreneurs?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 331-352

  Dana, Léo Paul ^a,b   Light, Ivan ^c  

^a Ecole de Management de Strasbourg   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community entrepreneurship; Cultural capital; Finland; Human capital; Husbandry; Reindeer herding; S mi; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; DEER; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN CAPITAL; LOCAL ECONOMY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

FINLAND;

RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 79960324093     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2011.580163     Document Type: Article

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