Management consultancy in small firms: How does interaction work?

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 299-313

  Rind Christensen, Poul ^a   Klyver, Kim ^b  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Communication processes; Management consultancy; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747592839     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610680217     Document Type: Article

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