Why small enterprises invest abroad: The case of four Austrian firms with U. S. operations

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 92-98

  Apfelthaler, Gerhard ^a  

^a FHS Kufstein Tirol ^*  (Austria)

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