Abstracts and Commentaries

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Bennett, R. K. , Wicks, P. , and McCosham, A. (1994), 'Local Empowerment and Business Services: Britain's Experiment with Training and Enterprise Councils', UCL Press, London.

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Curran,J. , and Blackburn, R. A. (1994). 'Small Firms: Can TECs Reach the Small Firms Other Where Strategies Have Failed to Reach?', Paper presented to the All Party Social Science and Policy Group, House of Commons, April.

Curran,J. , and Blackburn, R. A. (1994), 'Small Firms and Local Economic Networks: The Death of the Local Economy?', Paul Chapman, London.

ECOTEC (1990), Training and Enterprise Support Activities Prior to the Inception of Training and Enterprise Councils, Final Summative Report to the Training Agency, ECOTEC Research and Consulting, Birmingham.

Macmillan, K , Curran,J. , and Downing, S. (1990), 'Government Consultation with Small Business Owners: Empirically Evaluating Communications Strategies', International Small BusinessJournal, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp 14-32.

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