Perceptions of the Andalusian independent retail sector

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 125-142

  Parker, Cathy ^a   Yuste Giménez, Rubén ^b   Coca Stefaniak, J Andrés ^c   Byrom, John ^d  

^a Institute of Place Management ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b D'Aleph   (Spain)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

competition; independent retailing; small and medium sized enterprises; SMEs; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954852898     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2007.013723     Document Type: Article

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