Policy, prediction and growth: picking start-up winners?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-32

  Freel, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth; Modelling; Predictive validity; Small firms; Start ups

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992989972     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006727     Document Type: Article

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