Clusters of Financial Structure in Australian Small Firms

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-74

  Gibson, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 19944368325     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.10.1.59     Document Type: Article

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