Varieties of entrepreneurship: institutional drivers across entrepreneurial activity and country

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-148

  Chowdhury, Farzana ^a   Terjesen, Siri ^b   Audretsch, David ^a  

^a School of Public and Environmental Affairs   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing economies; Economic development; Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937435201     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10657-014-9464-x     Document Type: Article

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