Effects of new business formation on regional development over time

Regional Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 961-975

  Fritsch, Michael ^a   Mueller, Pamela ^a  

^a TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; New businesses; Regional growth; Time lags

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 8744311407     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0034340042000280965     Document Type: Article

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