Community Social Capital and Entrepreneurship

American Sociological Review

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 980-1008

  Kwon, Seok Woo ^a   Heflin, Colleen ^b   Ruef, Martin ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community; entrepreneurship; self employment; social capital

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ENTREPRENEUR; SELF EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 84888268928     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122413506440     Document Type: Article

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