2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Managing the SME Clustering Process Life-Cycle
Authors : Christina Ampantzi, Marianthi Psyllou, Evaggelia Diagkou, Michael Glykas
Published in: Business Process Management
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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