Panacea or white elephant? A critical examination of the proposed new small business service and response to the DTI consultancy paper

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-189

  Curran, J ^a   Blackbarn, R A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS SERVICE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ELEPHANT; PANACEA;

EID: 0034022858     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050006096     Document Type: Article

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