Entrepreneurship in an Alpine micro-nation: The case of Liechtenstein

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-114

  Schuessler, Felix ^a   Schaper, Michael T ^b   Kraus, Sascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic history; Entrepreneurship; Europe; Germany; Liechtenstein; Micro nation; Public policy; Small and medium enterprises; Small business; SMEs; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901932737     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2014.062133     Document Type: Article

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