The White Paper on Growth, Competitiveness and Employment and Greek Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

Small Business Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-214

  Liargovas, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 0032347419     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007923221877     Document Type: Article

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