A cross-cultural insight into the competency-mix of SME entrepreneurs in Australia and Malaysia

International Journal of Business and Management Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-50

  Ahmad, Noor Hazlina ^a   Wilson, Carlene ^b   Kummerow, Liz ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Competency mix; Cross cultural study; Malaysia.; SME entrepreneurs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856143936     PISSN: 18376614     EISSN: 1985692X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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