What makes small firms grow? Finance, human capital, technical assistance, and the business environment in Romania

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-70

  Brown, J David ^a,b   Earle, John S ^b,c   Lup, Dana ^b,d  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PANEL DATA; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 27744523931     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431264     Document Type: Article

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