Firm size, business experience and export intensity in SMEs: A longitudinal approach to complex relationships

International Business Review

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 719-738

  Majocchi, Antonio ^a   Bacchiocchi, Emanuele ^b   Mayrhofer, Ulrike ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Export intensity; Export performance; Firm size; Industry experience; International marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544434689     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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