Employment Creation in Small Technological and Design Innovators in the U.K. during the 1980s

Small Business Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 353-370

  Tether, B S ^a   Massini, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 0032334515     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008065115819     Document Type: Article

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