Employment effects of business dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-100

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a   Mueller, Pamela ^a  

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

Author keywords

Business dynamics; Gazelles; New business formation; Regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 36548998900     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9052-3     Document Type: Article

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