Small Firm Owners in New Zealand: In it for the ‘good life’ or growth?

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-69

  Lewis, Kate ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

growth; lifestyle; New Zealand; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870301698     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.16.1.61     Document Type: Article

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