Edited by D. E. N. Dickson

International Labour Office
Geneva

This edition copyright © International Labour Organisation 1986
First published 1986
Fourth impression 1994

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This publication was developed by the Improve Your Business project of the Management Development Branch of the International Labour Office, with financial assistance from the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA), from an original idea conceived by the Swedish Employers' Confederation and published in Se Om Ditt Företag (Stockholm, 1974). A preliminary test edition was published by the ILO in 1981.

Dickson, D. E. N. Improve your business: Handbook Geneva, International Labour Office, 1986 /Guide/,/Management/,/Small enterprise/s. 12.04.1 ISBN 92-2-105341-5 ISBN for complete set of two volumes 92-2-105342-3 Also published in Spanish: Mejore su negocio. Manual (ISBN 92-2-305341-2; ISBN for complete set of two volumes 92-2-305342-0), Geneva, 1991 ILO Cataloguing in Publication Data

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