Attitudes to Growth among Owners of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the Implications for Business Advice: Some Evidence from the Clothing Industry in Coventry

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 72-77

  Clark, David ^a   Berkeley, Nigel ^a   Steuer, Nicola ^a  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84997880647     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242601193005     Document Type: Article

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