Does culture and social capital impact on the networking attributes of indigenous entrepreneurs?

Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-224

  Frederick, Howard ^a   Foley, Dennis ^b  

^a The University of Newcastle ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culture; Entrepreneurship; Networking; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993016566     PISSN: 17506204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506200810897204     Document Type: Article

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