A model for effective planning of SME support services
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2015.09.004
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Keywords
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs); Support services; Suitability; Support planning; Model;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L53 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Enterprise Policy
- O21 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Planning Models; Planning Policy
- R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy
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