Do industrial districts influence export performance and export intensity? Evidence for Spanish SMEs' internationalization process

European Planning Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 791-810

  Belso Martínez, José Antonio ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33744936312     PISSN: 09654313     EISSN: 14695944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09654310500496115     Document Type: Article

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