The nurturing and harvesting of a rural Greek network

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 260-276

  Zontanos, Grigorios ^a   Anderson, Alistair R ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Greece; Rural areas; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986139345     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550410544222     Document Type: Article

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