Growth of new start-up firms: Evidence from the Japanese manufacturing industry

Applied Economics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Honjo, Yuji ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; MANUFACTURING; SPECIALIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 1242298999     PISSN: 13504851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350485042000187417     Document Type: Article

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