Religion as an environmental influence on enterprise culture – The case of Britain in the 1980s

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 5-20

  Anderson, Alistair R ^a   Drakopoulou Dodd, Sarah L ^b   Scott, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Greece   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Influence; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172476     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550010323050     Document Type: Article

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