Performance and size: Empirical evidence from Portuguese SMEs

Small Business Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-217

  Serrasqueiro, Zélia Silva ^a,b   MaçÃs Nunes, Paulo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dynamic estimators; Performance; Size; Small and medium sized companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 46349108008     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-007-9092-8     Document Type: Article

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