Regional patterns and determinants of birth and survival of new firms in Western Germany

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-312

  Brixy, Udo ^a   Grotz, Reinhold ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

New firm survival; Newly founded firms; Seedbeds; Western Germany

Indexed keywords

FIRM SIZE; MANUFACTURING; REGIONAL PATTERN; SERVICE SECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 34547571774     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620701275510     Document Type: Article

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