Small and medium enterprise development: borrowing from elsewhere? a research and development agenda

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 199-211

  Gibb, A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Idea generation; Knowledge transfer; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044246     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000006839     Document Type: Article

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