Entrepreneur motivations and life course

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-56

  Jayawarna, Dilani ^a   Rouse, Julia ^b   Kitching, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

business resources; cluster analysis; entrepreneurship; household; life course; motivation; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872528390     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611401444     Document Type: Article

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