Competition and entrepreneurs' human capital in small business longevity and growth

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 812-836

  Mengistae, Taye ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ENTREPRENEUR; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN CAPITAL; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 33746478142     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380600742050     Document Type: Article

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