Internationalisation of small to medium-sized manufacturing firms: A network approach

International Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-93

  Chetty, Sylvie ^a   Blankenburg Holm, Desiree ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business networks; Internationalisation; Manufacturing firms; Small to medium sized firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034134949     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(99)00030-x     Document Type: Article

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