Small-firm performance: Modeling the role of product and process improvements

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 268-284

  Wolff, James A ^a   Pett, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Entrepreneurship

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EID: 33644916402     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2006.00167.x     Document Type: Review

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