Entrepreneurial potential: The role of human and cultural capitals

International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 918-943

  Jayawarna, Dilani ^a   Jones, Oswald ^a   Macpherson, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

Author keywords

childhood; cultural capital; entrepreneurship; family; human capital; life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901298349     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242614525795     Document Type: Article

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