Adapting to peripherality: A study of small rural manufacturing firms in northern england

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-127

  Smallbone, David ^a   North, David ^a   Kalantaridis, Christos ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Growth; Manufacturing sme; Peripheral region; Rural; Survival

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURING; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032764644     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856299283227     Document Type: Article

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