Longitudinal study of exporters and nonexporters: A focus on smaller manufacturing enterprises

International Business Review

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-313

  Tesar, George ^a   Moini, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Exporters; Longitudinal study; Nonexporters; Public policy; Smaller manufacturing enterprises (SMEs); Step wise discriminant analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040084709     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-5931(98)00011-0     Document Type: Article

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