Public subsidies and the employment growth of high-tech start-ups: Assessing the impact of selective and automatic support schemes

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1273-1314

  Colombo, Massimo G ^a   Giannangeli, Silvia ^b   Grilli, Luca ^a  

^a Economics Industrial Engineering   (Italy)

^b Trading Risk Management Holding   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

ITALY;

EID: 84897585036     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dts037     Document Type: Article

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