Are firm growth rates random? Analysing patterns and dependencies

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 225-246

  Reichstein, Toke ^a   Dahl, Michael S ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Geographical location; Industrial differences

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; TURNOVER;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 2442447394     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0269217042000186705     Document Type: Article

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