Do universities knowledge spillovers impact on new firm's growth? Empirical evidence from UK

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 453-465

  Cassia, Lucio ^a   Colombelli, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firm growth; Gibrat's law; Initial public offering; Knowledge spillovers

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949159307     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-008-0084-1     Document Type: Article

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