Finding Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Tunisia
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Entrepreneurship; Opportunity recognition; Crisis;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship
- M13 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - New Firms; Startups
- M19 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Other
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