The development process of small firms

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 359-371

  Raffa, Mario ^a   Zollo, Giuseppe ^a   Caponi, Renata ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Growth paths; Market entrepreneurial know how; Small firms; Technical entrepreneurial know how

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006046792     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985629600000020     Document Type: Article

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