The Nature of Managerial Work in small growth-orientated businesses

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-16

  O'Gorman, Colm ^a   Bourke, Sarah ^b   Murray, John A ^c  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b SkyTecH   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ireland; Managerial work; Observational method; Small business growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944503855     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4254-z     Document Type: Article

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