The internationalizing smaller craft firm: Insights from the marketing/entrepreneurship interface

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-82

  Fillis, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craft; Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Internationalization; Marketing; Micro enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942565618     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604039481     Document Type: Article

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