Linking net entry to regional economic growth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-460

  Dejardin, Marcus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Entrepreneurship; Net entry; Region

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953700887     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9255-x     Document Type: Article

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