Becoming software exporters? The cases of three Central European nations-Romania, Poland, and the Czech Republic

Journal of East-West Business

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-71

  Saleh, Nivien ^a   Carmel, Erran ^b   Mroczkowski, Tomasz ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; National strategy; Poland; Romania; Software export; Software export success model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER INDUSTRY; EXPORT; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; SOFTWARE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042734253     PISSN: 10669868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J097v10n01_03     Document Type: Article

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