SMEs' responses to the financial and economic crisis and policy implications: An analysis of agricultural and furniture sectors in Catalonia, Spain

Policy Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-412

  Li, Xiaoni ^a   Roca, Pere Segarra ^a   Papaoikonomou, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural industry; Catalonia; Economic recession; Financial crisis; Firm policy; Furniture industry; Smes

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960817082     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2011.571856     Document Type: Article

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