Applying cross-cultural student teams for supporting international networking of Estonian enterprises

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-158

  Elenurm, Tiit ^a  

^a ESTONIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Estonia; Information management; International cooperation; Knowledge sharing; Teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 49149100077     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260810875488     Document Type: Review

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