Access to information for small business managers: Examination of some strategies and values

Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-23

  Bouthillier, France ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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