Human capital and SME internationalization: A structural equation modeling study

Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 15-29

  Ruzzier, Mitja ^a   Antoncic, Bostjan ^a   Hisrich, Robert D ^b   Konecnik, Maja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF GLOBAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneur; Human capital; Internationalization; Model; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547293709     PISSN: 08250383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjas.3     Document Type: Article

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