Size, Growth, and Survival in the Upper Austrian Farm Sector

Small Business Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 305-312

  Weiss, Christoph R ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

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EID: 0032393488     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007972518380     Document Type: Article

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