Small businesses and the community: Their role and importance within a state's economy

Journal of Extension

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Muske, Glenn ^a   Woods, Michael ^a   Swinney, Jane ^a   Khoo, Chia Ling ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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