Promoting local economic growth: The role of entrepreneurship and human capital

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue , 2003, Pages 558-563

  Taylor, Michael ^a   Plummer, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Entrepreneurs; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145958     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310508946     Document Type: Article

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