University counsels small “split firms” in post-communist country

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 386-400

  Lucki, Zbigniew ^a  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Consultants; Counselling; Organizational restructuring; Poland; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992969629     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006692     Document Type: Article

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