Advising the small business client

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-151

  Dyer, Linda M ^a   Ross, Christopher A ^a  

^a John Molson School of Business   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business education; Learning styles; Professional business advisors; S curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 34047132186     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607074517     Document Type: Article

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