Cooperative internationalization of SMEs: Self-commitment as a success factor for International Entrepreneurship

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 429-440

  Fink, Matthias ^a   Harms, Rainer ^b   Kraus, Sascha ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Austria; Cooperation; Czech Republic; Entrepreneurship; Internationalization; Slovenia; SME; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 56149103493     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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