US and European public procurement policies for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME): A comparative perspective

Business and Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kidalov, Max V ^a   Snider, Keith F ^a  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

government contracting; public procurement; small and medium enterprises; small business; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855393061     PISSN: 13695258     EISSN: 14693569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1469-3569.1367     Document Type: Article

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