The intellectual capital of graduates in relation to SMEs

International Journal of Business Performance Management

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 403-416

  McLarty, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attributes; competencies; graduates; managers; skills; SMEs; Value Chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744369792     PISSN: 13684892     EISSN: 17415039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBPM.1999.004471     Document Type: Article

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