Making policy choices in nonfinancial business support: An international comparison

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 885-908

  Mole, Kevin F ^a   Bramley, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Small Business Service   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; OECD; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY STRATEGY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846433775     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c0621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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