New small firm survival in England

Empirica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-39

  Saridakis, George ^a   Mole, Kevin ^b   Storey, David J ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business failure; Duration; Firms

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; FIRM SIZE; HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; PROFITABILITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38649142480     PISSN: 03408744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10663-007-9049-9     Document Type: Article

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