Factors affecting the timing of the export development process: Does the family influence on the business make a difference?

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-339

  Olivares Mesa, Arístides ^a   Cabrera Suárez, Katiuska ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Export development process; Family firm; Timing; Weibull distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847690638     PISSN: 14793059     EISSN: 14793067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGSB.2006.012183     Document Type: Article

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