Modelling the link between management practices and financial performance. Evidence from small construction companies

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-34

  Maes, Johan ^a   Sels, Luc ^a   Roodhooft, Filip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Company characteristics; Construction sector; Financial performance; Management practices; Owner manager characteristics; Small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944480820     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4255-y     Document Type: Review

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