Entrepreneurial opportunities in peripheral versus core regions in Chile

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 119-139

  Amorós, José Ernesto ^a   Felzensztein, Christian ^b   Gimmon, Eli ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chile; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship framework conditions; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Regional policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874207509     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9349-0     Document Type: Article

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