The internet and internationalization of smaller manufacturing enterprises

Journal of Global Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 79-94

  Moini, Hamid ^a   Tesar, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

e commerce; Exporters; Internationalization; Internetalization; Nonexporters; Smaller manufacturing enterprises (SMEs); The internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444437021     PISSN: 08911762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J042v18n03_04     Document Type: Review

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