Investigating the impact of the technological environment on survival chances of employer entrepreneurs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 839-855

  van Stel, André ^a   Millán, José María ^b   Román, Concepción ^b  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Country level determinants; Employer entrepreneurs; Innovation; Survival analysis; Technological environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894609884     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9565-5     Document Type: Article

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