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Cutting Red Tape – Legal and Institutional Tools to Promote SMEs

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|Oct 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/danb-2020-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1804-8285 | Journal ISSN: 1804-6746
Language: English
Page range: 195 - 213
Published on: Oct 17, 2020
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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