The impact of sector, specialisation, and space on business birth rates in the United Kingdom: A challenge for policy?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 815-826

  Anyadike Danes, Michael ^a   Hart, Mark ^b  

^a Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY MAKING; SPECIALIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846452206     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0549     Document Type: Conference Paper

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