Business support for farmers: An evaluation of the Farm Cornwall project

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-491

  McElwee, Gerard ^a   Annibal, Ivan ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Rose Regeneration Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Economics; Entrepreneurialism; Farms

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956074298     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001011068743     Document Type: Article

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