SME strategic business networks seen as learning organizations

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 444-454

  Ahlström Söderling, Ragnar ^a  

^a DALARNA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Regional development; Small to medium sized enterprises; Strategic groups; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104173     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310504756     Document Type: Article

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