Examining relational and resource influences on the performance of border region SMEs

International Business Review

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-343

  Francis, John ^a   Mukherji, Ananda ^b   Mukherji, Jyotsna ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Embeddedness; Emerging markets; Resources

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349125765     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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