What success factors are important to small business owners?

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 577-594

  Walker, Elizabeth ^a   Brown, Alan ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Home based businesses; Personal characteristics; Small business; Success measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144283177     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604047411     Document Type: Article

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