Entrepreneurial management in small firms

Entrepreneurial Management in Small Firms

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-261

  Chaston, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84950153567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781446211380     Document Type: Book

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