Measuring entrepreneurship and knowledge capital: Metropolitan economic efficiency in the USA

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 351-373

  Sutter, Ryan ^a   Stough, Roger R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Entrepreneurship capital; Gross metropolitan product; Knowledge capital; Metropolitan economic efficiency

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FLOW; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METROPOLITAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70449592153     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903020052     Document Type: Article

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