Decision-making and market orientation in the internationalization process of small and medium-sized enterprises

Management International Review

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 413-436

  Collinson, Simon ^a   Houlden, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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