Strategie business planning and success in small firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 381-396

  Kraus, Sascha ^a,b   Harms, Rainer ^c   Schwarz, Erich ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Literature review; Planning; Small enterprises; SME; Strategic; Strategy; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149260404     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2008.022311     Document Type: Article

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