Small and medium-sized enterprises' internationalization and the influence of importing on exporting

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 459-477

  Holmlund, Maria ^a   Kock, Sören ^a   Vanyushyn, Vladimir ^b  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exporting; Finland; Importing; Importing exporting; Internationalization; Inward; Inward outward; Outward; SME

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648963618     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242607080655     Document Type: Article

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