Evaluating the impacts of government policy through the long view of life history

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 24, Issue 7-8, 2012, Pages 619-639

  Down, Simon ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enterprise policy evaluation; Indigenous entrepreneurs; life history analysis and methodology; social and economic exclusion

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; GOVERNMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EID: 84866314666     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.710269     Document Type: Article

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