Internationalization and the performance of the small firm: A review of the empirical literature between 1996 and 2001

Emerging Paradigms in International Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 37-63

  Manolova, Tatiana S ^a   Manev, Ivan M ^b  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 25144460564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420635.00010     Document Type: Chapter

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