Small enterprise: Finance, ownership and control

International Journal of Management Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-365

  Hutchinson, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0033471694     PISSN: 14608545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2370.00018     Document Type: Article

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