Deriving an Empirical Development Taxonomy for Manufacturing SMEs Using Data from Australia's Business Longitudinal Survey

Small Business Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 197-212

  McMahon, Richard G P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0035639214     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011885622783     Document Type: Article

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