Culture's role in entrepreneurship:self-employment out of dissatisfaction

Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Culture: The Interaction between Technology, Progress and Economic Growth

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 162-203

  Hofstede, Geert ^a   Noorderhaven, Niels G ^a   Thurik, A Roy ^b   Uhlaner, Lorraine M ^c   R m wennekers, Alexander ^b   Wildeman, Ralph E ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85135432032     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420550.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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