Does training facilitate SME's performance?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1962-1975

  Chi, Nai Wen ^a   Wu, Chih Yun ^a   Lin, Carol Yeh Yun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

FDI; SME; Training implementation; Training need

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349129731     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802324346     Document Type: Article

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