New firm creation: A global assessment of national, contextual, and individual factors

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 315-496

  Reynolds, Paul D ^a,b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85007586974     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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