"Surfeiting, the appetite may sicken": Entrepreneurship and happiness

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 523-540

  Naudé, Wim ^a,b   Amorós, José Ernesto ^c   Cristi, Oscar ^d  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN SEBASTIÁN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Development; Entrepreneurship; Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Happiness; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893983740     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9492-x     Document Type: Article

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