Entrepreneurship, regional development and job creation: The case of Portugal

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 49-58

  Baptista, Rui ^a   Escária, Vítor ^b   Madruga, Paulo ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Entrepreneurship; Lagged effects; Start up rate; Supply side spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549023515     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9055-0     Document Type: Article

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