Sources of persistence in regional start-up rates-evidence from Sweden

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 179-201

  Andersson, Martin ^a,b   Koster, Sierdjan ^c  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Path dependence; Persistence; Regional start up dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78650323364     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbp069     Document Type: Article

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