SME marketing networking: a strategic approach

Strategic Change

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 369-382

  Carson, David ^a   Gilmore, Audrey ^a   Rocks, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 40749108799     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.695     Document Type: Article

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