The geography of new firm formation: Evidence from independent start-ups and new subsidiaries in the Netherlands

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-146

  Bosma, Niels ^a   Van Stel, André ^b   Suddle, Kashifa ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglomeration economies; Independent start ups; Regions; Subsidiaries; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248966676     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-007-0058-8     Document Type: Article

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