Exploring succession planning in small, growing firms

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 579-594

  Sambrook, Sally ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Knowledge transfer; Owner managers; Small enterprises; Succession planning; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444464470     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000510628243     Document Type: Article

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