Regional Social Legitimacy of Entrepreneurship: Implications for Entrepreneurial Intention and Start-up Behaviour;La légitimité sociale régionale de l'entrepreneuriat: Les conséquences pour les intentions entrepreneuriales et le comportement de démarrage

Regional Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 995-1015

  Kibler, Ewald ^a   Kautonen, Teemu ^b,c   Fink, Matthias ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Culture; Entrepreneurship; Institutions; Psychology; Region; Social legitimacy

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; CULTURAL RELATIONS; ECONOMETRICS; ENTREPRENEUR; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; CULTURE; REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY;

AUSTRIA; FINLAND;

EID: 84921775689     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.851373     Document Type: Article

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