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Hampton, Sam; Will, Eadson; Richard, Blundel and Katherine, Sugar (2024). Where Next for SMEs and Net Zero? UK Energy Research Centre, London, UK.

Lamptey, Richmond Ordartey; Ngoasong, Michael Zisuh and Blundel, Richard (2024). Green finance strategies in Africa: a focus on capital market-based impact investments in small and medium-sized enterprises in Ghana. In: Lehner, Othmar M.; Harrer, Theresa; Silvola, Hanna and Weber, Olaf eds. The Routledge Handbook of Green Finance. Routledge International Handbooks. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 317–336.

Eadson, Will; Hampton, Sam; Sugar, Katherine; Blundel, Richard and Northall, Phil (2024). Seven principles of place-based net zero policy for SMEs. South Yorkshire Sustainability Centre & UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC), London, UK.

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Blundel, Richard (2023). Getting to grips with ESG: environmental, social and governance priorities for SMEs. SME Today, The Great British Expos Ltd, Rugely, Staffordshire, UK.

Blundel, Richard (2023). How Smaller Businesses can Become Net-Zero Influencers and Enablers. UKERC.

Hampton, Sam; Blundel, Richard; Eadson, Will; Northall, Phil and Sugar, Katherine (2023). Crisis and opportunity: Transforming Climate Governance for SMEs. Global Environmental Change, 82, article no. 102707.

Blundel, Richard (2023). SMEs and Net Zero: how to get there (from here). In Entrepreneurship Policy and Practice Insights Vol.1 (3) Entrepreneurship Policy and Practice Insights Vol.1 (3). Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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Blundel, Richard (2022). SMEs and Net Zero: A Personal Reflection on the Principal Challenges for Researchers and Policymakers. In: 2022 ISBE Annual Conference: New Approaches to Raising Entrepreneurial Opportunity: Reshaping inclusive Enterprise, Policy, and Practice Post-Pandemic, 27-28 Sep 2022, York, UK.

Hampton, Sam; Blundel, Richard; Wahga, Aqueel; Fawcett, Tina and Shaw, Christopher (2022). Transforming small and medium-sized enterprises to address the climate emergency: The case for values-based engagement. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 29(5) pp. 1424–1439.

Wetherall, David; Wilkinson -Dix, Jack; Bill, Emma; Wilkinson, Trevor; Blundel, Richard; Hampton, Sam and Horne, Stew (2022). How can policy better support SMEs in the pathway to Net Zero? A report to the Climate Change Committee. Supporting Research; The Climate Change Committee, London.

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Blundel, Richard and Hampton, Sam (2021). Eco-innovation and Green Start-ups: An Evidence Review. Enterprise Research Centre.

Blundel, Richard; Lockett, Nigel; Wang, Catherine and Mawson, Suzanne (2021). Exploring Entrepreneurship (third edition). London: SAGE.

Blundel, Richard and Hampton, Sam (2021). How Can SMEs Contribute to Net Zero?: An Evidence Review. State of the Art Reviews 51; In State of the Art Review series Enterprise Research Centre, Warwick.

Klapper, Rita G.; Upham, Paul and Blundel, Richard K. (2021). Insider perspectives on growth: implications for a non-dichotomous understanding of ‘sustainable’ and conventional entrepreneurship. Business Strategy and the Environment, 30(3) pp. 1481–1496.

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Schaefer, Anja; Williams, Sarah and Blundel, Richard (2020). Individual Values and SME Environmental Engagement. Business & Society, 59(4) pp. 642–675.

Aslam, Raees; Blundel, Richard and Wahga, Aqueel (2020). Proto-Institutions, Sustainability and SMEs: A Systematic Literature Review. In: The 42nd Annual Conference of the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 14-15 Nov 2019, New Castle, ISBE.

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Blundel, Richard; Koomen, Philip and Bell, Emma (2019). Examining Craft Work: Methodological Challenges and Choices. In: 35th EGOS Colloquium, Enlightening the Future: The Challenge for Organizations, 4-6 Jul 2019, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Hampton, Sam; Blundel, Richard; Fawcett, Tina and Shaw, Chris (2019). Growing Greener: Creating a New Values-based Environmental Engagement Toolkit for SME Intermediaries. In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 329.

Wahga, Aqueel Imtiaz; Blundel, Richard and Schaefer, Anja (2019). Policy framework to overcome barriers to environmental improvement in Pakistan’s leatherworking SMEs. In: The British Academy of Management (BAM) 2019 Conference Proceedings, 3-5 Sep 2019, Aston University, Birmingham United Kingdom.

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Koomen, Philip and Blundel, Richard K. (2018). Developing craft practice within and between workshops: an inter-generational comparative study. Making Futures, 5

Blundel, Richard (2018). Reflecting on the relationship between craft and history: perspectives, resources and contemporary implications. In: Bell, Emma; Mangia, Gianluigi; Taylor, Scott and Toraldo, Maria Laura eds. The Organization of Craft Work: Identities, Meanings and Materiality. Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society. Routledge.

Blundel, Richard; Smith, David; Ackrill, Robert and Schaefer, Anja (2018). Making ‘greener’ connections: An introduction to the Special Issue. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 19(1) pp. 3–8.

Blundel, Richard K. (2018). Book review of Nicolopoulou et al. (eds) (2016) Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 19(1) pp. 69–70.

Wahga, Aqueel; Blundel, Richard and Schaefer, Anja (2018). Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry. In: Spence, Laura J.; Frynas, Jedrzej G.; Muthuri, Judy and Navare, Jyoti eds. Research Handbook on Small Business Social Responsibility: Global Perspectives. Edward Elgar Research Handbooks. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 401–412.

Blundel, Richard K. and Smith, David J. (2018). 'Imagined Outcomes': Contrasting Patterns of Opportunity, Capability and Innovation in British Musical Instrument Manufacturing, 1930-1985. Enterprise & Society, 19(3) pp. 661–701.

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Blundel, Richard; Lockett, Nigel and Wang, Catherine (2017). Exploring Entrepreneurship (2nd edition). London: SAGE.

Blundel, Richard; Fawcett, Tina; Shaw, Chris; Hampton, Sam and Westall, Andrea (2017). Growing green?: co-creating an evidence-based model of SME engagement. In: ISBE Annual Conference 2017, 8-9 Nov 2017, Belfast.

Wahga, Aqueel; Blundel, Richard and Schaefer, Anja (2017). Understanding the Drivers of Sustainable Entrepreneurial Practices in Pakistan’s Leather Industry: A Multi-Level Approach. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 24(2) pp. 382–407.

Williams, Sarah; Schaefer, Anja and Blundel, Richard (2017). Understanding value conflict to engage SME managers with business greening. In: Rendtorff, Jacob Dahl ed. Perspectives on Philosophy of Management and Business Ethics. Ethical Economy: Studies in Economic Ethics and Philosphy. Springer, pp. 73–91.

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Blundel, Richard (2016). Artisanal. In: Donnelly, Catherine ed. The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 42–44.

Blundel, Richard (2016). Industrialization. In: Donnelly, Catherine ed. The Oxford Companion to Cheese. Oxford Companions. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 376–378.

Smith, David and Blundel, Richard (2016). Disruptive Innovation in the Creative Industries: The adoption of the German horn in Britain 1935-75. In: Association of Business Historians (ABH) and Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte (GUG) Joint Conference, 27-29 May 2016, Humbolt University, Berlin.

Blundel, Richard and Winchester, Nik (2016). Operationalising ethics in entrepreneurship education: experiential and practice-based approaches. In: ECSB 3e conference, 11-13 May 2016, University of Leeds.

Blundel, Richard (2016). Is small still beautiful?: Exploring the role of SMEs in emerging visions of a ‘green’ economy. In: CEEDR Seminar Series, 27 Apr 2016, Middlesex University, London.

Daly, Peter; Reid, Kristen; Buckley, Patrick and Doyle, Elaine eds. (2016). Innovative business education design for 21st century learning. Advances in Business Education and Training. Springer.

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Syrett, Stephen; Baldock, Rob and Blundel, Richard (2015). Home based business and economic growth: lifestyle businesses or growth generators? In: Thirteenth Interdisciplinary European Conference on Entrepreneurship Research (IECER 2015), 25-27 Feb 2015, Montpellier, France.

Obeng, Bernard Aquah and Blundel, Richard K. (2015). Evaluating enterprise policy interventions in Africa: a critical review of Ghanaian small business support services. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(2) pp. 416–435.

Blundel, Richard (2015). Beyond strategy: a critical review of Penrose’s ‘single argument’ and its implications for economic development. European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 22(1) pp. 97–122.

Blundel, Richard K. and Lyon, Fergus (2015). Towards a ‘Long View’: Historical Perspectives on the Scaling and Replication of Social Ventures. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 6(1) pp. 80–102.

Wahga, Aqueel; Blundel, Richard and Schaefer, Anja (2015). Human Capital and Environmental Engagement of SMEs in Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis of the Leather Industry. In: ISBE Annual Conference 2015, 11 to 12 Nov, Glasgow.

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The Open University Business School (2014). Quarterly Survey of Small Business in Britain, Vol.30 (No.4). The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Blundel, Richard (2014). ‘Circumspect vigilance’: reconsidering the implications of Edith Penrose’s single argument for sustainable economic development. In: Edith Penrose Centenary Conference, 14-15 Nov 2014, SOAS, University of London.

Blundel, Richard; Baldock, Robert; Dadd, Deneise; Schaefer, Anja and Williams, Sarah (2014). Resilience and recovery: SME experiences of extreme weather events and other external threats. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2014, 5-6 Nov 2014, Manchester.

McGowan, Pauric; Blundel, Richard and Reid, Kristen (2014). Delivering effective enterprise education – the role of learning design and technology. Knowledge Exchange Seminar Series 2013-14; Research and Information Service (RaISe), Northern Ireland Assembly.

Clarke, Jean; Holt, Robin and Blundel, Richard (2014). Re-imagining the growth process: (co)-evolving metaphorical representations of entrepreneurial growth. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 26(3-4) pp. 234–256.

Smith, David J. and Blundel, Richard (2014). Improvisation and entrepreneurial bricolage versus rationalisation: A case-based analysis of contrasting responses to economic instability in the UK brass musical instruments industry. Journal of General Management, 40(1) pp. 53–78.

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Blundel, Richard; Killip, Gavin and Fawcett, Tina (2013). Emerging models of environmentally sustainable enterprise: a comparative study of low-energy housing retrofit organisations in the UK and France. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2013 Conference, 12-13 Nov 2013, Cardiff.

Blundel, Richard and Tregear, Angela (2013). From artisans to 'factories': the interpenetration of craft and industry in English cheese-making, 1650–1950. In: Casson, Mark and Casson, Catherine eds. History Of Entrepreneurship: Innovation And Risk-Taking, 1200–2000. The International Library of Entrepreneurship, 2. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 587–621.

Blundel, Richard; Monaghan, Adrian and Thomas, Christine (2013). SMEs and environmental responsibility: a policy perspective. Business Ethics: A European Review, 22(3) pp. 246–262.

Blundel, Richard and Smith, David J. (2013). Re-inventing artisanal knowledge and practice: a critical review of innovation in a craft-based industry. Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation, 31(1) pp. 55–73.

Blundel, Richard; Ippolito, Kate and Donnarumma, David (2013). Effective Organisational Communication: Perspectives, principles and practices (4th edition). Harlow: Pearson.

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Obeng, Bernard A.; Blundel, Richard K. and Agyapong, Ahmed (2012). Enterprise education for small artisanal businesses: a case study of Sokoban Wood Village, Ghana. In: Thi Thanh Thai, Mai and Turkina, Ekaterina eds. Entrepreneurship in the Informal Economy: Models, Approaches and Prospects for Economic Development. Routledge Studies in Entrepreneurship (3). London: Routledge, pp. 192–207.

Underwood, Sarah; Blundel, Richard; Lyon, Fergus and Schaefer, Anja eds. (2012). Social and Sustainable Enterprise: Changing the Nature of Business. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, 2. Bradford: Emerald.

Underwood, Sarah; Blundel, Richard; Lyon, Fergus and Schaefer, Anja (2012). Introducing social and sustainable enterprise: changing the nature of business. In: Underwood, Sarah; Blundel, Richard; Lyon, Fergus and Schaefer, Anja eds. Social and Sustainable Enterprise: Changing the Nature of Business. Contemporary Issues in Entrepreneurship Research, 2. Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing, xi-xv.

Williams, Sarah; Schaefer, Anja and Blundel, Richard (2012). Engaging SMEs with business greening: the role of manager values. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2012 Conference, 6-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.

Blundel, Richard; Obeng, Bernard and Agyapong, Ahmed (2012). Promoting resilience and sustainability amongst informal sector artisans: the case of Sokoban Wood Village. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship Conference: Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise Track, 6-8 Nov 2012, Dublin, Ireland.

Blundel, Richard; Monaghan, Adrian and Thomas, Christine (2012). Promoting environmentally sustainable enterprises: some policy options. In: Blackburn, Robert and Schaper, Michael T. eds. Government, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Development: Policy, Practice and Challenges. Farnham: Gower, pp. 171–184.

Lyon, Fergus and Blundel, Richard (2012). The long view: applying historically informed approaches to study the growth of social ventures. In: 2012 Research Colloquium on Social Entrepreneurship, 16-19 Jul 2012, Oxford, UK.

Monaghan, Adrian; Blundel, Richard and Thomas, Christine (2012). Policies to promote environmental responsibility in SMEs: a case-based review. In: 18th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 24-26 Jun 2012, University of Hull.

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Blundel, Richard; Monaghan, Adrian and Thomas, Christine (2011). Evaluating the role of enterprise policies in purposive sustainability transitions: a case-based comparison. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) 2011 Conference, 9-10 Nov 2011, Sheffield, England.

Schaefer, Anja; Williams, Sarah and Blundel, Richard (2011). SMEs’ construction of climate change risks: the role of networks and values. In: SMEs: Moving Towards Sustainable Development, International Conference, 20-22 Oct 2011, Montreal, Canada.

Blundel, Richard; Lyon, Fergus and Spence, Laura J. (2011). Analyzing the growth process in social enterprises: an historical perspective. In: 3rd EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise: Social Innovation Through Social Entrepreneurship in Civil Society, 4-7 Jul 2011, Roskilde, Denmark.

Blundel, Richard and Lockett, Nigel (2011). Exploring Entrepreneurship: Practices and Perspectives (first edition, 2011). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Blundel, Richard and Monaghan, Adrian (2011). Teaching tigers to dance?: Evaluating the role of enterprise policies in purposive sustainability transitions. In: 2nd International Conference on Sustainability Transitions: Diversity, Plurality and Change: Breaking New Grounds in Sustainablility Transition Research, 13-15 Jun 2011, Lund University, Sweden.

Obeng, Bernard and Blundel, Richard (2011). Part 1 New SME curricula. In: Paton, Rob ed. ABLE-GHANA: Reports, Resources, Reflections. Milton Keynes: The Open University, pp. 14–20.

Paton, Rob; Blundel, Richard and Nyathi, Nceku (2011). The metal fabricators: challenges of growth in a small Ghanaian business. In: Paton, Rob ed. ABLE-GHANA: Reports, Resources, Reflections. Milton Keynes: The Open University, pp. 40–48.

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Blundel, Richard (2010). Network evolution and the growth of artisanal firms: a tale of two regional cheesemakers. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 14(1) pp. 1–30.

Blundel, Richard K.; Lyon, Fergus and Spence, Laura J. (2010). Historical perspectives on the evolution and growth dynamics of social enterprises: a comparative case analysis. In: The 33rd Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Conference (ISBE): Looking to the Future: Economic and Social Regeneration Through Entrepreneurial Activity, 3-4 Nov 2010, London, UK.

Blundel, Richard; Ramirez, Matias and Nye, Sheridan (2010). Climate Solidarity: A Review of Methodologies to Monitor and Evaluate Workplace Engagement. Defra, London.

Blundel, Richard K.; Spence, Laura J. and Zerbinati, Stefania (2010). Entrepreneurial social responsibility: scoping the territory. In: Spence, Laura and Painter-Morland, Mollie eds. Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: a global commentary. Dordrecht, NL: Springer, pp. 123–145.

Blundel, Richard (2010). Book review: Strategy without design: the silent efficacy of indirect action. Business History, 52(6) pp. 1022–1024.

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Blundel, Richard and Spence, Laura J. (2009). Entrepreneurial dynamics and social responsibility: mapping an expanded intellectual territory. In: Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 32nd International Conference: Social, Environmental and Ethical Enterprise Track, 3-6 Nov 2009, Liverpool, UK.

Blundel, Richard and Monaghan, Adrian (2009). Ships passing in the night?: re-thinking the relationship between entrepreneurial agency and purposive transitions. In: First European Conference on Sustainability Transitions: ‘Dynamics & Governance of Transitions to Sustainability’, 4-5 Jun 2009, Amsterdam.

Blundel, Richard (2009). Book review: Entrepreneurship, growth and public policy: prelude to a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 15(3) pp. 309–312.

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Blundel, Richard; Spence, Laura J. and Zerbinati, Stefania (2008). From CSR to ESR?: exploring the entrepreneurial dimensions of corporate social responsibility. In: The International Society of Business, Economics and Ethics (ISBEE) World Congress, 15-18 Jul 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.

Blundel, Richard (2008). Will there be blood?: entrepreneurial judgement and strategic choice in Chandlerian and revisionist narratives of industrialisation. In: Association of Business Historians Conference, 04-05 Jul 2008, University of Birmingham, UK.

Blundel, Richard and Ippolito, Kate (2008). Effective Organisational Communication: Perspectives, principles and practices (3rd edition). Financial Times. Harlow: Pearson Education Limited.

Blundel, Richard (2008). Book review: The Oxford handbook of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 20(5) pp. 485–487.

Blundel, Richard (2008). Book review: three decades of the enterprise culture: entrepreneurship, economic regeneration and public policy. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, 14(6) pp. 455–467.

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Clark, Peter and Blundel, Richard (2007). Penrose, critical realism and the evolution of business knowledge: a methodological reappraisal. Management & Organizational History, 2(1) pp. 45–62.

Blundel, Richard (2007). Critical realism: a suitable vehicle for entrepreneurship research? In: Neergaard, Helle and Ulhoi, John Parm eds. Handbook of Qualitative Research Methods in Entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 49–74.

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Blundel, Richard (2006). ‘Little ships’: the co-evolution of technological capabilities and industrial dynamics in competing innovation networks. Industry and Innovation, 13(3) pp. 313–334.

Blundel, Richard and Tregear, Angela (2006). From artisans to “factories”: the interpenetration of craft and industry in English cheese-making, c1650-1950. Enterprise & Society, 7(4) pp. 705–739.

Blundel, Richard (2006). Managing ‘collisions’ between entrepreneurial networks and industrial supply chains: a modified Penrosian perspective. International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy, 2(1) pp. 82–97.

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Blundel, Richard and Thatcher, Michael (2005). Contrasting local responses to globalization: the case of volume yacht manufacturing in Europe. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 17(6) pp. 405–429.

Blundel, Richard (2005). Book review: Understanding industrial and corporate change. Business History, 47(4) pp. 613–614.

Blundel, Richard (2005). Book review: the nature and dynamics of organizational capabilities. Business History, 47(3) pp. 487–489.

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Blundel, Richard (2004). Effective Organisational Communication: Perspectives, Principles and Practices (2nd edition). Harlow: Financial Times / Prentice Hall.

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Blundel, Richard Kenneth (2003). The growth of 'connected' firms: a re-appraisal of Penrosian theory and its application to artisanal firms operating in contemporary business networks. Richard Blundel.

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Blundel, Richard (2002). Reproducing artisanal knowledge in the New Economy: a case study of English farmhouse cheese making, 1850-2000. In: Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) Summer Conference, 6-8 Jun 2002, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Blundel, Richard and Smith, David (2001). Business networks SMEs and inter-firm collaboration: a review of the research literature with implications for policy. The Small Business Service, Sheffield.

Blundel, Richard K. and Hingley, Martin K. (2001). Exploring growth in vertical inter-firm relationships: small-medium firms supplying multiple food retailers. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 8(3) pp. 245–265.

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Blundel, Richard (2000). Book review: Knowledge societies: information technology for sustainable development. Journal of Management Studies, 37(5) pp. 771–774.

Blundel, Richard (2000). Book review: Mobilizing resources and generating competencies: the remarkable success of small and medium-sized enterprises in the Danish business system. Journal of Management Studies, 37(8) pp. 1244–1247.

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Blundel, Richard (1998). Effective Business Communication: Principles and Practice for the Information Age. Hemel Hempstead: Prentice Hall.

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