The business practices of small Chinese restaurants in the UK: an exploratory investigation

Strategic Change

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Chaudhry, Shiv ^a   Crick, Dave ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85174942804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsc.655     Document Type: Article

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