Entrepreneurial climate and U.S. state foreign trade offices as predictors of export success

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-113

  Wilkinson, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 33645154040     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2006.00156.x     Document Type: Article

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