Public Sector Support for Innovating SMEs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-317

  North, David ^a   Smallbone, David ^a   Vickers, Ian ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035633249     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011164801073     Document Type: Article

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