National Rates of Opportunity Entrepreneurship Activity: Insights From Institutional Anomie Theory

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 775-806

  Cullen, John B ^a   Johnson, Jean L ^a   Parboteeah, K Praveen ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

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EID: 84903880910     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12018     Document Type: Article

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