Risk management capability building in SMEs: A social capital perspective

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 677-700

  Gao, Simon S ^a   Sung, Ming C ^b   Zhang, Jane ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

capability building; China; risk management; SMEs; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883376712     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242611431094     Document Type: Article

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