Publicly funded prestart support for new firms: Who demands it and how it affects their employment growth

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 821-847

  Capelleras, Joan Lluis ^a   Contín Pilart, Ignacio ^b   Larraza Kintana, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN CAPITAL; LABOR POLICY; MODELING; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NAVARRA; SPAIN;

EID: 80053610185     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c10110b     Document Type: Article

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