Government SME intervention policy: Perception is 9/10ths of the truth? Introduction

Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-8

  Pickernell, David ^a   Atkinson, Christine ^a   Miller, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84922769466     PISSN: 0263774X     EISSN: 14723425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/c3301ed     Document Type: Editorial

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