High-impact firms: Gazelles revisited

Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development: National and Regional Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-174

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9780857936493.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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