Age driven influence of role-models on entrepreneurship in a transition economy

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 181-203

  Lafuente, Esteban M ^a   Vaillant, Yancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurial activities; Entrepreneurialism; Role models; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874172255     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001311298475     Document Type: Article

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