The determinants of new-firm survival across regional economies: The role of human capital stock and knowledge spillover

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-391

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a   Armington, Catherine ^b   Zhang, Ting ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Human capital; Knowledge spillovers; Labour market area; New firm survival

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MARKET; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SERVICE SECTOR; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

EID: 34548266810     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2007.00129.x     Document Type: Article

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