Why does the effect of new business formation differ across regions?

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-400

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Schroeter, Alexandra ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship policy; New business formation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952805391     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9256-9     Document Type: Article

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