A network perspective of cultural organising and “professional management” in the small, family business

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 400-415

  Fletcher, Denise ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; National cultures; Networking; Small firms; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986100916     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000210450577     Document Type: Article

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