Do rural firms perceive different problems? Geography, sorting, and barriers to growth in UK SMEs

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-42

  Lee, Neil ^a   Cowling, Marc ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to growth; Enterpreneurship; Rural enterprise; SMEs

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84922786796     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c12234b     Document Type: Article

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