Entrepreneurship policies and new business performance and growth: An empirical analysis based on manufacturing industries

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-215

  Belso Martinez, José A ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; MANUFACTURING; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 66349124110     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0816b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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