Environmental scanning initiatives of SMEs in Singapore

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Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 114-123

  Zhang, Xue ^a   Majid, Shaheen ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 68149094133     PISSN: 00242667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/libr.2009.011     Document Type: Article

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