Persistence, survival, and growth: A closer look at 20 years of fast-growing firms in Austria

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 199-231

  Hölzl, Werner ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH WIFO   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; FIRM SIZE; GROWTH RATE;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84892551174     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtt054     Document Type: Article

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