Employment growth and entrepreneurial activity in cities

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 911-927

  Acs, Zoltan J ^a,b,c   Armington, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

^c U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Entrepreneurship; Industry diversity; Knowlege spillovers

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; EMPLOYMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; SPILLOVER EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 8744233672     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000280938     Document Type: Article

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