An evaluation of mentoring for SME retailers

International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 440-448

  Kent, Tony ^a   Dennis, Charles ^b   Tanton, Sue ^c  

^a member of the Photography and the Archive Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Business and Environmental Partnerships Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning; Mentoring; Retail trade; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173657     PISSN: 09590552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09590550310484115     Document Type: Article

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