Sustainable SMEs network utilization: The case of food enterprises

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 141-156

  Jämsä, Päivi ^a   Tähtinen, Jaana ^a   Ryan, Annmarie ^b   Pallari, Maarit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Small to medium sized enterprises; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952330146     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001111106479     Document Type: Article

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