Growth of firms in developing countries, evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-135

  Sleuwaegen, Leo ^a,b   Goedhuys, Micheline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Firm size; Learning; Legitimation; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MANUFACTURING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0036299983     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(02)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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