Analysis of small business performance in Syria

Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-62

  Alasadi, Rami ^a   Abdelrahim, Ahmed ^a  

^a ABU DHABI UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; National economy; Service industries; Small enterprises; Syria

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952481885     PISSN: 17537983     EISSN: 17537991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17537980810861510     Document Type: Article

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