Identity and entrepreneurship: Do school peers shape entrepreneurial intentions?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-59

  Falck, Oliver ^a,b   Heblich, Stephan ^c   Luedemann, Elke ^a  

^a IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b CESIFO   (Germany)

^c Growth and Public Policy   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial intentions; Entrepreneurship; Peer effects; Social identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860380076     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-010-9292-5     Document Type: Article

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