Self-employment: Policy panacea for an ageing population?

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-151

  Lewis, Kate ^a   Walker, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

enterprise policy; older entrepreneurs; self employment; small and medium enterprises; third age entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878826188     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.2011.18.2.143     Document Type: Article

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