Exploring country-level institutional arrangements on the rate and type of entrepreneurial activity

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 176-193

  Stenholm, Pekka ^a   Acs, Zoltan J ^b,c   Wuebker, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship indicator; High impact entrepreneurship; Institutional theory; Multidimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869117695     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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