Resource dependency and institutional theory perspectives on direct and indirect export choices

Small Business Economics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-220

  Hessels, Jolanda ^a,b   Terjesen, Siri ^c,d  

^a EIM Group   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF HUMAN HISTORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Direct export; Indirect export; Institutional theory; Resource dependency theory; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049109002     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-008-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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