Small and medium enterprise aid programs: Intangible effects and evaluation practice

Evaluation and Program Planning

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Stame, Nicoletta ^a  

^a Facoltà di Sociologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic development; Intangible factors; Involvement; Responsibility; Small and medium enterprise

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0032798303     PISSN: 01497189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7189(98)00046-9     Document Type: Article

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