How Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Can Uptake the Sustainable Development Goals through a Cluster Management Organization: A Case Study
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cluster management organization (CMO); cluster network model; small and medium-sized enterprise (SME); sustainability management tools; sustainable development goals (SDGs);All these keywords.
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