The Economics of Entrepreneurship Policy: Introduction to the Special Issue

Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-197

  Hölzl, Werner ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

enterprise policy; entrepreneurship; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957276031     PISSN: 15661679     EISSN: 15737012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10842-010-0088-8     Document Type: Article

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