Internationalising from the European periphery: Triggers, processes, and trajectories

Journal of Euromarketing

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-48

  Vissak, Tiia ^a   Ibeh, Kevin ^b   Paliwoda, Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baltic States; Critical incidents; Environmental triggers; EU Enlargement; Internationalisation process; Knowledge; Networks; Resource based view; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; NETWORKING; REGIONAL ECONOMY;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67849092835     PISSN: 10496483     EISSN: 15286967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J037v17n01_04     Document Type: Article

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