Could the Irish miracle be repeated in Hungary?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 123-142

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a,b   O'Gorman, Colm ^c   Szerb, Laszlo ^d   Terjesen, Siri ^b,e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic development; Entrepreneurial activity; Foreign direct investment; Hungary; Ireland; Knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847388008     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-9027-9     Document Type: Article

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