Creating good public policy to support high-growth firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 211-225

  Mason, Colin ^a   Brown, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Enterprise   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Gazelles; High growth firms; Policy; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873151369     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-011-9369-9     Document Type: Article

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