A qualitative research agenda for small to medium-sized enterprises

Marketing Intelligence & Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 432-443

  Hill, Jimmy ^a   Tiu Wright, Len ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; Qualitative techniques; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166609     PISSN: 02634503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006111     Document Type: Article

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