Linking the cultural capital of the entrepreneur and early performance of new ventures: A cross-country comparison

Journal of East European Management Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-183

  Wdowiak, Malgorzata A ^a   Schwarz, Erich J ^a   Breitenecker, Robert J ^a   Wright, Richard W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Cultural capital; Entrepreneurship; New venture performance; Poland; Slovenia; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867186899     PISSN: 09496181     EISSN: 18620019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5771/0949-6181-2012-2-149     Document Type: Article

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