Consequences of cultural practices for entrepreneurial behaviors

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 334-362

  Autio, Erkko ^a   Pathak, Saurav ^b   Wennberg, Karl ^c,d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^d Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cross cultural research measurement issues; local entrepreneurial behaviors; multilevel analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877951425     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2013.15     Document Type: Article

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