The persistence of regional new business formation-activity over time - Assessing the potential of policy promotion programs

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-315

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Mueller, Pamela ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Growth regimes; New businesses; Time lags

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248183571     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-007-0056-6     Document Type: Article

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