Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2012

Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-391

  ács, Zoltán J ^a   Szerb, László ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

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EID: 85039852452     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781001158     Document Type: Book

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