Religious institutions and entrepreneurship

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 747-767

  Zelekha, Yaron ^a   Avnimelech, Gil ^a   Sharabi, Eyal ^a  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Country; Culture; Entrepreneurship; Institutions; LinkedIn; Protestant; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896404549     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9496-6     Document Type: Article

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