An emotional business: A guide to understanding the motivations of small business decision takers

Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 145-157

  Culkin, Nigel ^a   Smith, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Government; Organizational processes; Qualitative techniques; Small firms; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986079171     PISSN: 13522752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13522750010333898     Document Type: Article

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