New Zealand's BIZ training programme: Service provider perspectives

Education + Training

Volumn 45, Issue , 2003, Pages 439-448

  Massey, Claire ^a   Tweed, David ^b   Lewis, Kate ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Government policy; New Zealand; Small to medium sized enterprises; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170763     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910310508838     Document Type: Article

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