Globalization and marketing strategies of Born Globals in SMOPECs

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 773-801

  Luostarinen, Reijo ^a,b,c   Gabrielsson, Mika ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c MBA Program   (South Korea)

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EID: 33751384140     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20122     Document Type: Review

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