Growth, Exporting and Innovation in Manufacturing SMEs: Evidence from Australia’s Business Longitudinal Survey

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 46-62

  McMahon, Richard G P ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33747779546     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.9.1.46     Document Type: Article

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