Quantifying entrepreneurship and its impact on local economic performance: A spatial assessment in rural Switzerland

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 222-250

  Baumgartner, Daniel ^a,b   Schulz, Tobias ^a   Seidl, Irmi ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

entrepreneurship; regional development; regional policy; rural areas; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL POLICY; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL POLICY; TAX SYSTEM; WELFARE IMPACT;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84875308933     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2012.710266     Document Type: Article

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