Informal Entrepreneurship and Industry Conditions

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 177-200

  Siqueira, Ana Cristina O ^a   Webb, Justin W ^b   Bruton, Garry D ^c,d  

^a DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84960348847     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12115     Document Type: Article

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