Unemployment and new business formation

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 78-82

  Lawrence, Lucy ^a   Hamilton, R T ^b  

^a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0141878559     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242697153005     Document Type: Note

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