Internationalisation process, SMEs and transitional economies: a four-country perspective

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 206-226

  Lloyd Reason, Lester ^a   Damyanov, Atanas ^b   Nicolescu, Ovidiu ^c   Wall, Stuart ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Tsenov Academy of Economics   (Bulgaria)

^c International Management and Marketing Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; economic transition; internationalisation; small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449626218     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijeim.2005.006526     Document Type: Article

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