An analysis of changing management roles in small Australian services exporters in response to the stages in industry development

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-88

  Hine, Damian ^a   Howard, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Enterprise resource planning; Life cycles; Management roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748884092     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550310461054     Document Type: Article

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