Small business responses to a major economic downturn: Empirical perspectives from New Zealand and the United Kingdom

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 754-777

  Smallbone, David ^a   Deakins, David ^b   Battisti, Martina ^b   Kitching, John ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

adaptive behaviour; economic crisis; resilient firms; small firms; vulnerable firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869042758     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242612448077     Document Type: Article

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