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Action Learning: Research and Practice Volume 6, 2009 - Issue 3: ACTION LEARNING AND SMALL- AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMEs)
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Editorial

Leadership development in small- and medium-sized enterprises: the case for action learning

Richard Thorpe Leeds University Business School, Leeds, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jason Cope Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, University of Strathclyde, UK
,
Monder Ram Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, De Montfort University, UK
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Mike Pedler Henley Business School, Reading University, UK
Pages 201-208 | Published online: 30 Nov 2009

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