Foreign network relationships and the internationalisation of small knowledge-intensive firms

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 542-553

  Prashantham, Shameen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangalore; Developing economy; India; Internationalisation; Network relationships; Small knowledge intensive firms (SKIFs); Social capital; Software industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751585945     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2006.010980     Document Type: Article

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