Uncertainty avoidance and the rate of business ownership across 21 OECD countries, 1976-2004

Entrepreneurship and Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 271-299

  Wennekers, Sander ^a   Thurik, Roy ^a,b,c   Van Stel, André ^a,d   Noorderhaven, Niels ^e  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Archaeology   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84890596481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-87910-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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