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Small business strategy and the industry life cycle

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  • Martie-Louise Verreynne
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  • Martie-Louise Verreynne & Denny Meyer, 2010. "Small business strategy and the industry life cycle," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 35(4), pages 399-416, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:sbusec:v:35:y:2010:i:4:p:399-416
    DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9165-3
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    Keywords

    Strategy-making process; Firm performance; Industry life cycle stage; Small firms; M10; L26;
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    JEL classification:

    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General
    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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