Examination of US Hispanic-owned, small retail and service businesses: An organizational life cycle approach

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-32

  Shim, Soyeon ^a   Eastlick, Mary Ann ^a   Lotz, Sherry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hispanic owned firms; Organizational life cycle; Retail and services firms; Small business

Indexed keywords

ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; RETAILING; SERVICE SECTOR; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033971624     PISSN: 09696989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-6989(99)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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