Broader or deeper? exploring the most effective intervention profile for public small business support

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-105

  Mole, Kevin F ^a   Hart, Mark ^b   Roper, Stephen ^a   Saal, David S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79551694920     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: 14723409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a43268     Document Type: Article

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