Creative destruction and productivity: entrepreneurship by type, sector and sequence

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-146

  Andersson, Martin ^a,b   Braunerhjelm, Pontus ^c,d   Thulin, Per ^c,d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Entrepreneurship Forum ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business dynamics; Business turbulence; Entrepreneurialism; Entrepreneurship; Entry; Incumbent firms; Productivity; Productivity rate; Region; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891441592     PISSN: 20452101     EISSN: 2045211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20452101211261417     Document Type: Article

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