From day-to-day coping to strategic management: Developing technological capability among small-scale enterprises in Zimbabwe

International Journal of Technology Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 488-499

  Wilson, Gordon ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co operative enterprise; Intervention.; Management of technological function; NGOs; Small scale enterprise; Technological capability; Third World

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COOPERATIVE ENTERPRISES; NONGOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION (NGO) INTERVENTION; SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES; STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL FUNCTION MANAGEMENT;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0030389201     PISSN: 02675730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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