Corporate social capital: A framework for understanding network-based export development programs

Research in the Sociology of Organizations

Volumn 18, Issue , 2001, Pages 209-230

  McNaughton, Rod B ^a   Bell, Jim ^a  

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EID: 33748936429     PISSN: 0733558X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0733-558x(01)18009-2     Document Type: Article

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