Firm growth, size, age and behavior in Japanese manufacturing

Small Business Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-15

  Yasuda, Takehiko ^a  

^a TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

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EID: 15544364453     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-7568-y     Document Type: Article

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