Transaction Structure in Japanese Small Business Sector

Small Business Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 85-95

  Doi, Noriyuki ^a   Cowling, Marc ^b  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033482706     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008063921439     Document Type: Article

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