European Smes and Economic Growth: A Firm Size Class Analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2068-8717
DOI: 10.2478/v10316-012-0038-1