Can socioeconomic heritage produce a lost generation with regard to entrepreneurship?

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 667-682

  Wyrwich, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Institutional context; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880131742     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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