The small, the young, and the productive: Determinants of manufacturing firm growth in Ethiopia

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 813-840

  Bigsten, Arne ^a   Gebreeyesus, Mulu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANUFACTURING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34447317222     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516767     Document Type: Article

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