The relationship between the manager and growth in small firms

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 586-598

  Andersson, Svante ^a   Tell, Joakim ^a  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Business development; Managers; Small enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149117393     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000911000938     Document Type: Review

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