The influence of age on SMEs' growth determinants: Empirical evidence

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 249-272

  Nunes, Paulo Maçãs ^a,b   Gonçalves, Marco ^a   Serrasqueiro, Zélia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b CEFAGE Research Center   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Age; Growth; High Tech SMEs; Old SMEs; Panel data; Young SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873139608     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9363-2     Document Type: Article

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