The Small Business Assistance Dilemma: Is the Disparity between the Offerings of Support Agencies and the Needs of Businesses Irreconcilable?

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-58

  Breen, John ^a   Bergin Seers, Sue ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85010582848     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.10.1.49     Document Type: Article

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