Job Creation and Job Destruction by Small Firms: An Empirical Investigation for the Dutch Manufacturing Sector

Small Business Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 211-224

  Broersma, Lourens ^a   Gautier, Pieter ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0031476008     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017982719207     Document Type: Article

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