National culture, entrepreneurship and economic development: Different patterns across the European Union

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 685-701

  Liñán, Francisco ^a   Fernandez Serrano, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultural values; Economic development; Entrepreneurship; European Union

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896339441     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9520-x     Document Type: Article

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