Entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 683-689

  Bruton, Garry D ^a,b   Ketchen, David J ^c   Ireland, R Duane ^d  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Entrepreneurship; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883792710     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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