Business strategies for entrepreneurial small firms

Strategic Change

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 311-324

  Anderson, Alistair R ^a   Atkins, Martin H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 67749088579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.554     Document Type: Article

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