Management and governance in Dutch SMEs

European Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 583-589

  Van Gils, Anita ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Entrepreneur; Governance; SME; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244488235     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2005.09.013     Document Type: Article

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