Government Bureaucracy, Transactional Impediments, and Entrepreneurial Intentions

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 626-645

  Robson, Paul J A ^a   Kickul, Jill ^b   Carsrud, Alan L ^c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bureaucracy; corruption; entrepreneurial intentions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998153498     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609338752     Document Type: Article

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