Internationalization and performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 475-485

  Pangarkar, Nitin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Degree of internationalization; Firm capabilities; Firm performance; Host country attractiveness; Singapore SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 51549094073     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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