Virtual organization and the smes: A review and model development

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 335-349

  Pihkala, Timo ^a   Varamaki, Elina ^a   Vesalainen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

Author keywords

Networking; Small and medium sized enterprises; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; NETWORKING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0033384682     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089856299283146     Document Type: Article

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