The Long Persistence of Regional Levels of Entrepreneurship: Germany, 1925-2005;La persistance de longue durée des niveaux régionaux de l'esprit d'entreprise: L'Allemagne de 1925 jusqu'à 2005

Regional Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 955-973

  Fritsch, Michael ^a,b   Wyrwich, Michael ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture; Entrepreneurship; New business formation; Persistence; Self employment

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; ENTREPRENEUR; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SELF EMPLOYMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84919926786     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2013.816414     Document Type: Article

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