Interregional Disparities, Entrepreneurship, and EU Regional Policy

The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; EU; EU commission; GEM; Germany; NUTS2 data; Regional policy; Spain; United kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859619237     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199580866.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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