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Friis, C., Karlsson, C., Paulsson, T. (2006). Relating Entrepreneurship to Economic Growth. In: Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., Stough, R. (eds) The Emerging Digital Economy. Advances in Spatial Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-34488-8_5

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