Entrepreneurship as a Mobility Process

American Sociological Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 328-349

  Sørensen, Jesper B ^a   Sharkey, Amanda J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; inequality; mobility; organizations

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; MOBILITY; MODELING; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84898852852     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122414521810     Document Type: Article

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