How wine sector SMEs approach strategic questions: Some comparative lessons of causal representation of distinctive competencies

British Food Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 273-289

  Bouzdine Chameeva, Tatiana ^a  

^a KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Competences; France; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategic choices; Wines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646512424     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070700610657128     Document Type: Article

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