Resources, Frequency, and Methods: An Analysis of Small and Medium-Sized Firms’ Public Policy Activities

Business & Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 94-113

  Cook, Ronald G ^a   Fox, Dale R ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Quinnipiac College   (Canada)

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EID: 84937324481     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765030003900107     Document Type: Article

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