An Assessment of Entrepreneurs\' Business Strategies towards
SME Succes
Keywords: SMEs, Strategies, Benchmarking, Product, Process and Market
Innovations.
Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology
Volume 30 , Issue 3
Murlidhar Nebhwani , Hussain Bux Marri , Riaz Ahmed Sohag ,
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