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Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective Cover

Determinants of Entrepreneurial Intentions in ICT Industry: Gender and country of origin perspective

Naše gospodarstvo/Our economy
Volume 62 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)
By: Mirjana Pejić Bach,  Marjana Merkač Skok and  Dalia Suša  
Open Access
|Mar 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ngoe-2016-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2385-8052 | Journal ISSN: 0547-3101
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Language: English
Page range: 37 - 45
Submitted on: Nov 1, 2015
Accepted on: Dec 1, 2015
Published on: Mar 19, 2016
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
entrepreneurship,
gender,
innovation,
cross-country,
entrepreneurial intentions,
ICT,
Croatia,
Slovenia
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Economic policy,
Business management,
Management, organization, corporate governance,
Mathematics and statistics for economists,
Statistics

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