Creating resilient SMEs: Why one size might not fit all

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 5565-5579

  Sullivan Taylor, Bridgette ^a   Branicki, Layla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

extreme events; organisational resilience; SME; strategic uncertainty

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DECISION MAKERS; EXTREME EVENTS; ORGANISATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SME; STRATEGIC UNCERTAINTY; SURVEY WORKS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 79961203811     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2011.563837     Document Type: Article

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