Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2006, 42(6): 1151-1170 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.6.03

The Rise of the 'Grand Entrepreneurs' in the Czech Republic and Their Contest for Capitalism

Vladimír Benáček
Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague

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Benáček, V. (2006). The Rise of the 'Grand Entrepreneurs' in the Czech Republic and Their Contest for Capitalism. Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, 42(6), 1151-1170. doi: 10.13060/00380288.2006.42.6.03.
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