On the contribution of public procurement to entrepreneurship and small business policy

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 23, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 787-814

  Preuss, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship policy; Local government; Public procurement; Small businesses; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84858808201     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2010.546433     Document Type: Article

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