Targeting firm births and economic regeneration in a lagging region

Small Business Economics

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 451-464

  Johnson, Peter ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 25644443918     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-6454-y     Document Type: Article

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