Do EU Regional Policies Favour Regional Entrepreneurship? Empirical Evidence from Spain and Germany

European Planning Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 583-608

  Sternberg, Rolf ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENTREPRENEUR; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN UNION; REGIONAL POLICY;

GERMANY; SPAIN;

EID: 84859606348     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2012.665030     Document Type: Article

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