Entrepreneurship in India: The question of occupational transition

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 359-382

  Monsen, Erik ^a   Mahagaonkar, Prashanth ^b   Dienes, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Occupational transition; Regional effects; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863102565     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9316-9     Document Type: Article

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