An Empirical Study of the Small Business Support Network - The Entrepreneurs' Perspective

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 347-357

  Terence Zinger, J ^a   Blanco, Huguette ^a   Zanibbi, Louis ^a   Mount, Joan ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 1842575541     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-4490.1996.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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