Overcoming barriers: Why SMEs should consider networks

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 68-81

  Klang, Mathias ^a,b   Ihlström, Carina ^a,c   Olsson, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Networks; Regional trade; SME; Trade costs

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

NETWORKS; REGIONAL TRADE; SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME); TRADE COSTS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 24644452965     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2002.001617     Document Type: Article

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