Entrepreneurship in European Regions: Implications for Public Policy

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 22, Issue , 2009, Pages 59-89

  Bosma, Niels ^a   Schutjens, Veronique ^a   Stam, Erik ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employment Protection; Entrepreneurial Activity; Entrepreneurship Policy; Gross Regional Product; Necessity Entrepreneurship

Indexed keywords

EID: 85145925967     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-0249-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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