One or more growth processes? Evidence from new Italian firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-152

  Bonaccorsi, A ^a   Giannangeli, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Firm capabilities; Firm growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955227272     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9131-0     Document Type: Article

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