Macro-level determinants of formal entrepreneurship versus informal entrepreneurship

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 490-510

  Thai, Mai Thi Thanh ^a   Turkina, Ekaterina ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eclectic theory of entrepreneurship; Formal vs. informal; Macro determinants; National rates of entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901264516     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.07.005     Document Type: Article

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