New Zealand's perfect storm of entrepreneurship and economic development

Small Business Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 187-204

  Frederick, Howard ^a   Monsen, Erik ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Economic development; Entrepreneurship; GEM; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Grounded theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052028643     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9234-2     Document Type: Article

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