How planning and capital budgeting improve SME performance

Long Range Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 848-856

  Peel, Michael J ^a   Bridge, John ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; CORPORATE STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032468941     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-6301(98)80021-6     Document Type: Article

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