Relating external support, business growth & creating strategies for survival: A comparative case study analyses of small manufacturing firms (SMFs) and entrepreneurs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-109

  Mambula, Charles Jabani ^a  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3843146172     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000014450.16699.c6     Document Type: Review

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