The adequacy of the supply of professional advisory services to manufacturing firms in rural mid wales

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 669-689

  Hitchens, D M W N ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICES; MANUFACTURING; SUPPLY ADEQUACY;

UK; WALES;

EID: 0031428134     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069700000040     Document Type: Article

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