Social knowledge and SMEs innovative gains from internationalization

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 81-93

  Zahra, Shaker A ^a   Ucbasaran, Deniz ^b   Newey, Lance R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internationalization; Knowledge and learning; Mode of entry; Product innovation; SMEs; Social knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149166445     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.6     Document Type: Article

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