Small business failure rates: Choice of definition and industry effects

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 31-47

  Watson, John ^a   Everett, Jim ^a  

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EID: 55949083931     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242699172002     Document Type: Article

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