Growth of New Firms: Which Factors Influence Post-Entry Performance? An Empirical Analysis Based on Swiss Firm Data
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New firms; Employment growth; Performance;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ENT-2006-01-24 (Entrepreneurship)
- NEP-INO-2006-01-24 (Innovation)
- NEP-TID-2006-01-24 (Technology and Industrial Dynamics)
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