The impact of new firm formation on regional development in the Netherlands

Small Business Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-47

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

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Regional development; Start ups; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649023317     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9054-1     Document Type: Article

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