Location Determinants of New Firms: Does Skill Level of Human Capital Really Matter?

Growth and Change

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-148

  Arauzo Carod, Josep Maria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b Institut d'Economia de Barcelona IEB   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INDUSTRIAL AGGLOMERATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; LOCATION DECISION; MANUFACTURING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84874726824     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grow.12004     Document Type: Article

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