The Day after Grant-Aid: Business Development Schemes for Small Rural Firms in Lagging Areas of Greece

Small Business Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Skuras, Dimitris ^a   Dimara, Efthalia ^b   Vakrou, Aleka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

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EID: 0034384952     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008163517068     Document Type: Article

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