The effect of enhancing workers' employability on small and medium enterprises: Evidence from Spain

Small Business Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 191-201

  Arocena, P ^a   Núñez, Imanol ^a   Villanueva, Mikel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employability; SMEs; Spain; Worker effort

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248203719     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-006-6712-7     Document Type: Article

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