What Motivates People to Start Their Own Businesses: A Nordic Perspective
Other conference contribution, 1988
The paper presents the Nordic perspective on what motivates entrepreneurs to start their own business. The results presented are based on an eleven country study where data from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden is compared to international data from Australia, China, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Puerto Rico and the USA. This is one study generated from Sari Scheinberg's PhD research entitled Entrepreneurs in a Cross-Cultural Perspective.
culture
start-ups
motivation
Entrepreneurship
Author
Sverker Alänge
Chalmers, Department of Industrial Management and Economics
Asko Miettinen
Sari Scheinberg
ISBC 1988 conference in Helsinki
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Subject Categories
Other Mechanical Engineering
Cultural Studies
Driving Forces
Innovation and entrepreneurship