Gazelles as job creators: A survey and interpretation of the evidence

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-244

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Dan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Firm growth; Flyers; Gazelles; High growth firms; High impact firms; Job creation; Rapidly growing firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953501455     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9172-z     Document Type: Article

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