Small and medium enterprises in Korea: Achievements, constraints and policy issues

Small Business Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 85-119

  Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Yhee, Seung Jae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0036251875     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015181911497     Document Type: Review

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