Small business and enterprise development: Questions about research methodology

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-18

  Hill, Jimmy ^a   Mcgowan, Pauric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Qualitative techniques; Research methodology; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986037578     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552559910259829     Document Type: Article

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