Long-term effects of new firm formation by type of start-up

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 382-402

  Baptista, Rui ^a,b   Preto, Miguel Torres ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Entrepreneurship; Firm size; Knowledge based; Regional development; Start up qualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049488144     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2010.036293     Document Type: Article

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