Entrepreneurship and rent-seeking behavior

Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 17-23

  Dejardin, Marcus ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

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EID: 84865309123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807760.00009     Document Type: Chapter

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