Equilibrium entrepreneurship rate, economic development and growth. Evidence from Spanish regions

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-161

  Belso Martínez, José A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business factor; Economic development; Entrepreneurship rate; Regions; Spain

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 17944370527     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620500032633     Document Type: Article

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