The impacts of network relationships on SMEs' internationalization process

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-205

  Zain, Mohamed ^a   Ng, Siew Imm ^b,c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 33845608001     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20092     Document Type: Article

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