Conceptualising the 'competitive' strategies of rural manufacturing SMEs

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 246-257

  Jarvis, David ^a   Dunham, Philip ^b  

^a ECOTEC Research and Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptualisation; Critical realism; Rural industrialisation; Small and medium sized enterprises; UK

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); MANUFACTURING; RURAL AREA; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0037871463     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9663.00252     Document Type: Article

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