A conceptualisation of the relationship capital of rural small service firms

Local Economy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 136-151

  Moyes, David ^a   Whittam, Geoffrey ^a   Ferri, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

networks; rural; small business

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856483816     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269094211428867     Document Type: Article

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