The relationship between organizational learning and SME performance in Poland

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 356-370

  Michna, Anna ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Business performance; Leaders; Learning organizations; Poland; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749099937     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590910959308     Document Type: Article

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