The impact of human and organizational resources on small firm strategy

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 236-244

  Edelman, Linda F ^a   Brush, Candida G ^b   Manolova, Tatiana S ^c  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Entrepreneurial Management Institute   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modelling; Organizational structure; Resources; Small firms; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986105165     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000210438562     Document Type: Article

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