The internationalization of SMEs: Developing and testing a multi-dimensional measure on Slovenian firms

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-183

  Ruzzier, Mitja ^a   Antoncic, Bostjan ^a   Hisrich, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b Thunderbird: The American Graduate School of International Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct development; Internationalization; Slovenia; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947387527     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620601137646     Document Type: Article

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