Understanding place-based entrepreneurship in rural Central Europe: A comparative institutional analysis

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 204-227

  Lang, Richard ^a   Fink, Matthias ^b   Kibler, Ewald ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central Europe; entrepreneurial practices; entrepreneurship; institutional analysis; place based; rural communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894282327     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242613488614     Document Type: Article

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