Research Mimicking Policy: Entrepreneurship/Small Business Policy Research in the United States

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 64-82

  Dennis, William ^a  

^a Natl Fed of Ind Bus Res Found   (United States)

Author keywords

E sb policy research; Mandated employee health insurance; No policy as policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923960628     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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