Explaining firm employment growth: Does location matter?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 179-192

  Hoogstra, Gerke J ^a   Van Dijk, Jouke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 2542482067     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:sbej.0000022218.66156.ac     Document Type: Conference Paper

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