The two views of small firms in industry dynamics: A reconciliation

Economics Letters

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-251

  Agarwal, Rajshree ^a   Audretsch, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry evolution; L20; Life cycle; O30; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033478502     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1765(98)00234-1     Document Type: Article

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