Determinants of new firm success

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 135-159

  Schutjens, Veronique A J M ^a   Wever, Egbert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

New firm growth; Starter typology; Success determinants

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DETERMINATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0033916458     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101100050040     Document Type: Article

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