What is Small Business Policy in the UK for? Evaluation and Assessing Small Business Policies

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An evaluation of public support measures for private external consultancies to SMEs in the Walloon Region of Belgium (2005, background): “The evaluation of small business policies and initiatives has lagged behind their growth and proliferation (Curran 2000, Storey 2000, Wren and Storey 2002).”
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