Culture versus branch? Looking at trust and entrepreneurial behaviour from a cultural and sectoral perspective

Trust and Entrepreneurship: A West-East Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 24-38

  Welter, Friederike ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

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EID: 84859365789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845428099.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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