Enterprise assistance: Responses from the public and private sectors

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-135

  Massey, Claire ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Policy; Private sector; Public sector; Small to medium sized enterprises; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166545     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000310473157     Document Type: Article

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