Family SMEs in Ireland as learning organizations

Learning Organization

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 421-436

  Birdthistle, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Case studies; Family firms; Ireland; Learning organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449091756     PISSN: 09696474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09696470810898393     Document Type: Article

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