Competitive intelligence: Evidence from Turkish SMEs

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-349

  Koseoglu, Mehmet Ali ^a   Karayormuk, Kemal ^b   Parnell, John A ^c   Menefee, Michael L ^c  

^a CANKIRI KARATEKIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

CI; Competition; Competitive intelligence; Competitor; Intelligence; Small and medium sized enterprise; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960978303     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2011.041664     Document Type: Article

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