Entrepreneurship and human capital: Distilling models of local economic growth to inform policy

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 427-439

  Plummer, Paul ^a   Taylor, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993046559     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000410567071     Document Type: Article

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