Facilitation of links between multinational subsidiaries and SMEs: The Scottish Technology and Collaboration (STAC) initiative

International Business Review

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 447-462

  Prashantham, Shameen ^a   McNaughton, Rod B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Collaboration; International entrepreneurship; Internationalisation; Multinational subsidiary; Public policy; SME; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748919290     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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