The impact of investors in people on small business growth: Who benefits?

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 793-812

  Fraser, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH DETERMINATION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INVESTMENT; SMALL SCALE INDUSTRY;

EID: 1642480199     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0304     Document Type: Article

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