The small firm as a temporary coalition

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-19

  Taylor, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Small firms temporary coalitions conceptualisations of the firm 'gift economy' reciprocity

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENTREPRENEUR; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0032925811     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856299283263     Document Type: Article

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