How Small is too Small? Firm Size as a Barrier to Exporting from the United States

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-84

  Mittelstaedt, John D ^a   Harben, George N ^b   Ward, William A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0141838099     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-627x.00067     Document Type: Article

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