Do more heavily regulated economies have poorer performing new ventures? Evidence from Britain and Spain

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 688-704

  Capelleras, Joan Lluis ^a   Mole, Kevin F ^b   Greene, Francis J ^b   Storey, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Firm growth; Great Britain; Regulation; Spain; Start up size

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349131415     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400340     Document Type: Article

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