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The location choice of graduate entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom

Miscellanea Geographica
Volume 19 (2015): Issue 4 (December 2015)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2015-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2084-6118 | Journal ISSN: 0867-6046 (formerly 2084-6118)
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Language: English
Page range: 34 - 43
Submitted on: Mar 19, 2015
Accepted on: Nov 6, 2015
Published on: Dec 30, 2015
Published by: Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw
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Keywords:
graduate,
region,
startup,
United Kingdom,
university
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
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