Third age self-employment: A business assistance perspective

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-419

  Lewis, Kate V ^a   Walker, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business assistance; Business support services; Elderly people; Enterprise policy; Entrepreneurialism; Older entrepreneurs; Self employment; Small to medium sized enterprises; Third age entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878867582     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001311326798     Document Type: Article

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