Networking, trust 'and embeddedness amongst SMEs in the Aberdeen oil complex

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-106

  MacKinnon, Danny ^a   Chapman, Keith ^a   Cumbers, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Learning; Networks; Oil industry; SMEs; Trust

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; NETWORKING; OIL INDUSTRY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ABERDEEN [ABERDEEN (UNA)]; ABERDEEN [SCOTLAND]; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1942475409     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620410001677826     Document Type: Article

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