Why don't we use the same export barrier measurement scale? An empirical analysis in small and medium-sized enterprises

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 395-420

  Arteaga Ortiz, Jesús ^a   Fernández Ortiz, Rubén ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LA RIOJA   (Spain)

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EID: 77954886203     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-627X.2010.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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