DIRECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF NEW FIRMS; Further Empirical Insights Concerning the Regional and Technological Dimension

International Studies in Entrepreneurship

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 75-93

  Engel, Dirk ^a   Metzger, Georg ^b  

^a RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohort Development; Employment Contribution; Employment Effect; German Firm; Knowledge Intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85146137829     PISSN: 15721922     EISSN: 21975884     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-28376-5_5     Document Type: Chapter

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