The role of business subsidies in job creation of start-ups, gazelles and incumbents

Small Business Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-214

  Koski, Heli ^a   Pajarinen, Mika ^a  

^a Elinkeinoelaman Tutkimuslaitos   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment; Enterprise policy; Growth; Industrial policy; J23; L10; L26; L53; O25; O33; Public subsidies; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878584175     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-012-9420-5     Document Type: Article

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