Globalization and strategic change: some lessons from the UK small business sector

Strategic Change

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 437-449

  Matlay, Harry ^a   Fletcher, Denise ^b  

^a BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85174969204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10991697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1697(200011)9:7<437::AID-JSC517>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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