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Metadata
- Authors
- Ayyagari, M., Demirguc-Kunt, A., & Maksimovic, V.
- Affiliations
- George Washington University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ayyagari, Meghana
- Maksimovic, Vojislav
- Venue
- Small Business Economics
- Published
- 2014-02-27
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 75-99
- ISSN
- 0921-898X (ISSN-L)
- 1573-0913
- OpenAlex
- W2054161423
- Cited by
- 300
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 24 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 43 · 2020: 31 · 2019: 31 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 16 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6
- FWCI
- 46.42
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Small Business Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- World Bank Group
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Firm Innovation and Growth
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Management of Technology and Innovation › Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Economic Growth and Productivity
- Keywords
- job creation, small business, small and medium-sized enterprises, firm size, firm age, productivity growth, sales growth, developing countries, employment share
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