The internationalization of family sme an organizational learning and knowledge development perspective

Baltic Journal of Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-180

  Basly, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Family firms; Globalization; Knowledge management; Learning organizations; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649110112     PISSN: 17465265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17465260710750973     Document Type: Article

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