Are youth really different? New beliefs for old practices in entrepreneurship

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 233-259

  Minola, Tommaso ^a   Criaco, Giuseppe ^b,c   Cassia, Lucio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

^b Organization and Leadership ^*  (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age and entrepreneurship; Enterprising individuals; Entrepreneurship policies; Young entrepreneurs; Youth entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903725960     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2014.062881     Document Type: Review

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