Owner-managers and business planning in the small firm

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 496-514

  Richbell, Suzanne M ^a   Watts, H Doug ^b   Wardle, Perry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Staffordshire Moorlands District Council   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business plans; Owner managers; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748500434     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242606067275     Document Type: Article

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