Competition and cooperation in the small firm sector

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Oughton, Christine ^a   Whittam, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; GAME THEORY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

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EID: 0030842864     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9485.00042     Document Type: Article

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