The impact of ownership: Location-specific advantages and managerial characteristics on SME foreign entry mode choices

International Marketing Review

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 715-734

  Pinho, José Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

International marketing; Market entry; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 35748960830     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330710832676     Document Type: Article

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