Formal and integrated strategies for competence development in SMEs

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-88

  Kock, Henrik ^a   Ellström, Per Erik ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business environment; Competence based training; Human resource development; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651431448     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090591111095745     Document Type: Article

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