Entrepreneurship in the Context of Crisis: Identifying Barriers and Proposing Strategies

International Advances in Economic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-119

  Papaoikonomou, Eleni ^a   Segarra, Pere ^a   Li, Xiaoni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic Crisis; Entrepreneurship; SMEs; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856327717     PISSN: 10830898     EISSN: 1573966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11294-011-9330-3     Document Type: Article

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