Family and Technology: Resilience Factors in SMEs in a Pandemic

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  • Vanessa Diaz-Moriana University of Balearic Islands, Spain Spain
  • Remedios Hernández-Linares University of Extremadura, Spain Spain
  • Valeriano Sanchez-Famoso University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Spain Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3977-3337

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https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v12i2.15918

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Resilience, Pandemic, COVID, Tecnology

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2022-12-22

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Diaz-Moriana, V., Hernández-Linares, R., & Sanchez-Famoso, V. (2022). Family and Technology: Resilience Factors in SMEs in a Pandemic. European Journal of Family Business, 12(2), 96–99. https://doi.org/10.24310/ejfbejfb.v12i2.15918

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