Competencies and institutions fostering High-growth firms

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-80

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Dan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competence bloc; Dynamic capitalism; Entrepreneurship; Flyers; Gazelles; High growth firms; Industrial policy; Innovation; Institutions; Labor security; Product market regulations; Property rights; Sclerotic capitalism; Self employment; Tax policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 64549163347     PISSN: 15513114     EISSN: 15513122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0300000026     Document Type: Article

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