Market justification for policy on small enterprise development

Small Business Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 111-120

  Velayudhan, Sanal Kumar ^a  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

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EID: 3843073131     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000014449.57083.0f     Document Type: Article

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