ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND PERFORMANCE IN SMALL FIRMS
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عنوان ژورنال: Review of Administration and Innovation - RAI
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1809-2039
DOI: 10.5773/rai.v8i3.773