Marketing practices in the UK small business sector

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-61

  Blankson, Charles ^a   Stokes, David ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Market orientation; Marketing; Small firms; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014869     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500210414774     Document Type: Article

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