Explaining the Strategic Groups-Firm Performance Relationship: A Multilevel Approach Applied to Small and Medium-Sized Hotel Companies in Spain

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 411-437

  Pereira Moliner, Jorge ^a   Claver Cortés, Enrique ^a   Molina Azorín, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

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EID: 79959614413     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2011.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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