Culture: A missing perspective on small- and medium-sized enterprise development?

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-238

  Choueke, Richard ^a   Armstrong, Roger ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Development; Growth; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986172485     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550010355118     Document Type: Article

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