Cultural determinants of competitiveness within SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 104-119

  Ritchie, Bob ^a   Brindley, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingency planning; Culture; Entrepreneurialism; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744376509     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000510579671     Document Type: Article

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