The Contribution of New Businesses to Regional Employment-An Empirical Analysis

Economic Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-180

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Schindele, Yvonne ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment; Entrepreneurship; New business formation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GROWTH RATE; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952787863     PISSN: 00130095     EISSN: 19448287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-8287.2011.01113.x     Document Type: Article

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