From Entrepreneurial to Professional Management: A Transition Model from Australian Manufacturing SMEs

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-21

  Smith, Max ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 44949229803     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.11.1.3     Document Type: Article

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