The link between firm births and job creation: Is there a Upas Tree effect?

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 893-909

  Van Stel, Adriaan J ^a,b   Storey, David J ^a,c  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b Max Planck Working Group   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment growth; Entrepreneurship; Great Britain; New firm start ups

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744224124     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000280929     Document Type: Article

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