Start-ups in innovative industries: Causes and effects

Handbook of Research on Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 365-381

  Fritsch, Michael ^a,b,c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c and Biogeochemistry   (Germany)

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EID: 84855481300     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781849807760.00033     Document Type: Chapter

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