High-growth firms and innovation: An empirical analysis for Spanish firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 805-821

  Segarra, Agustí ^a   Teruel, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Firm growth; High growth firms; Innovation activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894251783     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-014-9563-7     Document Type: Article

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