Employment from new firm formation in the Netherlands: Agglomeration economies and the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 135-157

  Knoben, Joris ^a   Ponds, Roderik ^b   van Oort, Frank ^c  

^a Organisation Studies   (Netherlands)

^b PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agglomeration effects; Entrepreneurship; Knowledge spillovers; New firm formation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; KNOWLEDGE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79952374816     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903183736     Document Type: Article

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