Entrepreneurship persistence with and without personnel: The role of human capital and previous unemployment

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-206

  Millán, José María ^a   Congregado, Emilio ^a   Román, Concepción ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employers; Entrepreneurship; Formal education; Own account workers; Persistence; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894353596     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-011-0184-1     Document Type: Article

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