Corporate financing, management and organization in SMEs: An Anglo-German comparison

Change in SMEs: Towards a New European Capitalism?

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 58-76

  Geppert, Mike ^a   Martens, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 85005965473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230227781     Document Type: Chapter

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