New business formation by industry over space and time: A multidimensional analysis

Regional Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 157-172

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Falck, Oliver ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b IFO INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Industrial economics; New business formation; Regional economics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INNOVATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 33947433541     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400600928301     Document Type: Article

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