Regional Opportunities and Policy Initiatives for New Venture Creation

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 608-625

  Verheul, Ingrid ^a   Carree, Martin ^b   Santarelli, Enrico ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian provinces; policy initiatives; venture creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998185650     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242609338757     Document Type: Article

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