The Impact of Firm-Provided Training on Production: Testing for Firm-Size Effects

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 271-295

  de Kok, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

HRM; production function; SMEs; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997895852     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242602203003     Document Type: Article

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