Organizational structure and performance in Dutch small firms

Small Business Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-96

  Meijaard, Joris ^a   Brand, Maryse J ^b   Mosselman, Marco ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c EIM Group   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Innovativeness; Organizational structure; Small firm performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944515428     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-4259-7     Document Type: Review

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