The Contribution of Entrepreneurship to Economic Growth

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 19, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-25

  Keilbach, Max ^a   Sanders, Mark ^b  

^a and Biogeochemistry   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Average Quality; Entrepreneurial Activity; Knowledge Spillover; Quality Improvement; Steady State Level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883311759     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-78695-7_1     Document Type: Chapter

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