The export problems of internationalizing SMEs: Some empirical evidence using a 'critical incident' technique

Emerging Paradigms in International Entrepreneurship

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 103-127

  Scharf, Fred ^a   Bell, Jim ^a   Loane, Sharon ^a   Fletcher, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33645500568     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845420635.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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