Employment growth from public support of innovation in small firms

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 655-678

  Link, Albert N ^a   Scott, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

employment growth; entrepreneurship; innovation; small business; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869874789     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599.2011.638190     Document Type: Article

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