Where Are the Innovative Entrepreneurs? Identifying Innovative Industries and Measuring Innovative Entrepreneurship

International Regional Science Review

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-201

  Low, Sarah A ^a   Isserman, Andrew M ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

defining and measuring entrepreneurship; entrepreneurship; establishment birthrate; innovative industries; regional entrepreneurship; self employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924815105     PISSN: 01600176     EISSN: 15526925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160017613484926     Document Type: Article

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