Performance, internationalization, and firm-specific advantages of SMES in a newly-industrialized economy

Small Business Economics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-492

  Chiao, Yu Ching ^a   Yang, Kuo Pin ^b   Yu, Chwo Ming Joseph ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Firm specific advantages; Internationalization; Newly industrialized economies; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746837262     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-005-5604-6     Document Type: Review

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