Evaluating competing theories of street entrepreneurship: Some lessons from a study of street vendors in Bangalore, India

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 391-409

  Williams, Colin C ^a   Gurtoo, Anjula ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Economic development; Enterprise development; Entrepreneurship; India; Informal economy; Street hawking; Street vendors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867900902     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-012-0227-2     Document Type: Article

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