Targeted consultancy services as an instrument for the development of remote SMEs: A Brazilian case

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 503-521

  Schwartz, Dafna ^a   Bar El, Raphael ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brazil; Consultancy; Entrepreneurship; Public policy; Regional development; Remote; Rural; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544221624     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604046298     Document Type: Article

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