Accountants as sources of business advice for small firms

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-22

  Gooderham, Paul N ^a   Tobiassen, Anita ^b   Døving, Erik ^b   Nordhaug, Odd ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accountants; Business advisory services; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942597462     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604039478     Document Type: Article

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