The internationalisation of Czech SMEs: Some issues relating to marketing knowledge deficiencies

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 400-416

  Pollard, David ^a   Jemicz, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Internationalisation; Knowledge; Marketing; Small and Medium size Enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749099273     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2006.009283     Document Type: Article

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