Can academe achieve quality in small firms policy research?

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 127-144

  Gibb, Allan A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy research; Quality in research; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006046651     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629200000007     Document Type: Article

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