The effect of new business formation on regional development over time: The case of Germany

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-29

  Fritsch, Michael ^a,b,c   Mueller, Pamela ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Germany; New business formation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549076097     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9067-9     Document Type: Article

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