Small Firms and Local Economic Development in South London

Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 202-220

  Phelps, Nicholas ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84990394336     PISSN: 02690942     EISSN: 14709325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02690949608726333     Document Type: Article

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