Six Steps to Heaven: Evaluating the Impact of Public Policies to Support Small Businesses in Developed Economies

The Blackwell Handbook of Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 176-193

  Storey, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Objectives; Six steps; Specification

Indexed keywords

EID: 85046048194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781405164214.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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