The survival of firms over the critical first 3 years and the local environment

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-202

  Littunen, Hannu ^a   Storhammar, Esa ^a   Nenonen, Tuomo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Critical years; Environment.; New firms; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042603736     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629800000011     Document Type: Article

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