Identifying performance measures of small ventures - The case of the tourism industry

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-286

  Haber, Sigal ^a,b   Reichel, Arie ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 33745311084     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2005.00137.x     Document Type: Review

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