Firm growth, institutions, and structural transformation

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 175-215

  Henrekson, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Dan ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS IFN   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm School of Economics   (Sweden)

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DOI: 10.4337/9780857936493.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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