International Business Management

Year: 2013
Volume: 7
Issue: 1
Page No. 31 - 37

Who Makes the Strategic Decision: An Analysis of Malaysian SMEs

Authors : Cheng Wei Hin, Abdul Manaf Bohari, Badruddin Abdul Rahman and Hanushia Palpanavan

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