A scheme to increase profitability in entrepreneurial SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-410

  Reynolds, Paul L ^a   Lancaster, Geoff ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Durham Associates Group Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Companies; Customer service management; Entrepreneurialism; Sales income

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747613793     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610680271     Document Type: Article

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