Creative industries, new business formation, and regional economic growth

Small Business Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 539-560

  Piergiovanni, Roberta ^a   Carree, Martin A ^b   Santarelli, Enrico ^c  

^a ISTAT Sede dell'Emilia Romagna   (Italy)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Italian provinces; Regional growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865966470     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9329-4     Document Type: Article

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