Small business strategy and the industry life cycle

Small Business Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-416

  Verreynne, Martie Louise ^a   Meyer, Denny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Industry life cycle stage; Small firms; Strategy making process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858590680     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9165-3     Document Type: Article

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