Entrepreneurship and Small Business Policy: Evaluating its Role and Purpose

The Oxford Handbook of Business and Government

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Greene, Francis J ^a   Storey, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business owners; Economic benefits; Entrepreneurship; Public policy; Small and medium sized enterprise; Small business policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923491642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199214273.003.0027     Document Type: Chapter

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