Individual foundings and organizational foundings: Their effect on employment growth in The Netherlands

Small Business Economics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 485-501

  Koster, Sierdjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Organizational foundings; Regional development; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953709436     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-009-9253-z     Document Type: Article

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