The use of strategic tools by small and medium-sized enterprises: an Australasian study

Strategic Change

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-62

  Frost, Frederick A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 27744541891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.607     Document Type: Article

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