Home-based business policy and return on investment for the community

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 150-164

  Redmond, Janice ^a   Walker, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

HBB economic contribution; Self employment; small business; small business aspirations; small business start up

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899432110     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.17.2.150     Document Type: Article

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