Small business development and the “learning organisation”

International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-259

  Wyer, Peter ^a   Mason, Jane ^a   Theodorakopoulos, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Organizational learning; Small firms; Strategic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180551     PISSN: 13552554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13552550010355136     Document Type: Article

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