Life cycle characteristics of small professional service firms

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 461-473

  Masurel, Enno ^a   Van Montfort, Kees ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33745121153     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2006.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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