Location determinants of high-growth firms

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 97-125

  Li, Minghao ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Partridge, Mark ^b   Fleming, David A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Firm location; firm revenues; high growth firms; INC5000 firms; negative binomial regression

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC THEORY; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; INNOVATION; REGIONAL ECONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955353982     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2015.1109003     Document Type: Article

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