The innovativeness and growth of rural SMEs during the 1990s

Regional Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-157

  North, David ^a   Smallbone, David ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Growth; Innovation; New technology; Rural SMEs

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INNOVATION; RURAL ECONOMY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034118332     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400050006069     Document Type: Article

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