Organisational capabilities and internationalisation of the small and medium-sized information and communications technology firms

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-155

  Kuivalainen, Olli ^a   Puumalainen, Kaisu ^a   Sintonen, Sanna ^a   Kyläheiko, Kalevi ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

ICT; Internationalisation; Knowledge based view; Organisational capabilities; Performance; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952430260     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-010-0057-7     Document Type: Article

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