Lifecycles and crisis points in SMEs: a case approach

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 361-369

  Hill, Jimmy ^a   Nancarrow, Clive ^b   Tiu Wright, Len ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; Growth; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031895     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02634500210445419     Document Type: Article

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