Entrepreneurship in Germany

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-127

  Audretsch, David ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Does the government matter; Does the individual matter; Entrepreneurial is germany; Environmental characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046047019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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