Assessing the impact of marketing assisstance on the export performance of Northern Ireland SMEs

International Review of Applied Economics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 361-379

  Bonner, Karen ^a   McGuinness, Seamus ^b  

^a Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland   (Ireland)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Exports; Government assistance; Heckman; Marketing grants; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EXPORT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INNOVATION; MARKETING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250684952     PISSN: 02692171     EISSN: 14653486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02692170701390346     Document Type: Conference Paper

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