The shifting consultant involvement

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-193

  Klyver, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Consultants; Entrepreneurs; Small enterprises; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349100438     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000810850919     Document Type: Article

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