Start-ups, long- and short-term survivors, and their contribution to employment growth

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 719-733

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Noseleit, Florian ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect effects; Entrepreneurship; New business formation; Regional development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883465471     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00191-012-0301-5     Document Type: Article

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