Entrepreneurship Policies: Principles, Problems, and Opportunities

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 111-131

  Karlsson, Charlie ^a   Andersson, Martin ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collective Good; Economic Agent; Entrepreneurial Activity; Market Failure; Optimal Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145922108     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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