Survival of New Plants in Different Industry Environments in Norwegian Manufacturing: A Semi-Proportional Cox Model Approach

Small Business Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-82

  Tveterås, Ragnar ^a   Eide, Geir Egil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

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EID: 0034399211     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008189411442     Document Type: Article

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