Institutional environment for entrepreneurship in rapidly emerging major economies: The case of Brazil, China, India, and Korea

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 367-384

  Gupta, Vishal K ^a   Guo, Chun ^b   Canever, Mario ^c   Yim, Hyung Rok ^d   Sraw, Gaganjeet Kaur ^e   Liu, Ming ^f  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Country institutional profile (CIP); Cross national invariance; Emerging economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901193692     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-012-0221-8     Document Type: Article

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