The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) and its impact on entrepreneurship research

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-248

  Bosma, Niels ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic development; Entrepreneurial ectivity; Global entrepreneurship Monitor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878880307     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000033     Document Type: Article

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