Strategic governmental economic activities in support of young French SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 384-402

  Branchet, Bénédicte ^a   Augier, Bernard ^a   Boissin, Jean Pierre ^a   Quere, Bertrand ^a  

^a IAE de Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

Business support services; France; Government policy; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957871026     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001111127133     Document Type: Article

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