'Specificity' and 'denaturing' the small business

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-210

  Curran, James ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645467712     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606062433     Document Type: Note

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