Accessing Resources from Innovation Partners: The Search Breadth of Family SMEs

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 191-215

  Classen, Nicolas ^a   Van Gils, Anita ^a   Bammens, Yannick ^a   Carree, Martin ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84858588253     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2012.00350.x     Document Type: Article

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