Internationalisation by business service SMEs: An inter-industry analysis

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 13-33

  O'Farrell, Patrick N ^a   Wood, Peter A ^a   Zheng, Jurong ^a  

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EID: 71049120508     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242698162001     Document Type: Article

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