Euromanagement competences in small- and medium-sized enterprises: A development path for the new millennium?

Management Decision

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-42

  Eyre, Phil ^a   Smallman, Clive ^b  

^a Groupe ESC Chambery   (France)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competences; Europe; Management; Small to medium sized enterprises; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012737153     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251749810199239     Document Type: Article

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