Institutional dimensions and entrepreneurial activity: An international study

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 703-716

  Urbano, David ^a   Alvarez, Claudia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE MEDELLÍN   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Cultural cognitive dimension; Entrepreneurial activity; Entrepreneurship; GEM; Institutional dimensions; Normative dimension; Regulative dimension

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896383542     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9523-7     Document Type: Article

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