Regional Entrepreneurial Heritage in a Socialist and a Postsocialist Economy

Economic Geography

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 423-445

  Wyrwich, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial culture; Regional development; Transition

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; MARKET TRANSITION; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIALISM;

GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC;

EID: 84866142809     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2012.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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