Intermediating between the international and local levels: Business consultancy and advertising firms and their clients in Finland

International Journal of Services, Technology and Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2-4, 2008, Pages 235-253

  Kautonen, Mika ^a   Tuhkunen, Anne ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Advertising and marketing services; Business and management consultancy; Global pipelines; Innovation system; Internationalisation; KIBS; Knowledge intensive business services; Local networks; Partnership

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; PIPELINES;

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT; INNOVATION SYSTEM; INTERNATIONALISATION; KIBS; KNOWLEDGE INTENSIVE BUSINESS SERVICES; LOCAL NETWORKS; PARTNERSHIP;

MARKETING;

EID: 58049177935     PISSN: 14606720     EISSN: 1741525X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSTM.2008.022121     Document Type: Article

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