Entrepreneurship and the consequences of healthcare policy

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-159

  Salvino, Robert ^a   Tasto, Michael ^b   Randolph, Gregory ^b  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b Department of Information Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Healthcare; Institutions; Self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904444400     PISSN: 20452101     EISSN: 2045211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JEPP-06-2012-0031     Document Type: Article

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