International Competitiveness: Empirical Findings from SME Service Firms

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 8-27

  Coviello, Nicole E ^a   Ghauri, Pervez N ^a   Martin, Kristina A M ^a  

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EID: 0041292701     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1069031x9800600206     Document Type: Article

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