RURAL RETAILERS: USING A BANKRUPTCY MODEL TO PREDICT HIGH PROFIT VERSUS LOW PROFIT FIRMS

Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 9-24

  Sternquist, Brenda ^a   Jolly, Laura ^b   Leistritz, Larry ^b   Kean, Rita ^b   Bastow Shoop, Holly ^b   Jasper, Cynthia ^b   Gaskill, LuAnn ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 85040437270     PISSN: 08276331     EISSN: 21692610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08276331.1996.10600510     Document Type: Article

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