Effective design management for small businesses

Design Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-315

  Bruce, Margaret ^a   Cooper, Rachel ^b   Vazquez, Delia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design management; Design strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040368703     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(98)00022-2     Document Type: Article

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