Governance mechanisms of small and medium enterprise international partner management

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 754-771

  Dimitratos, Pavlos ^a,d   Lioukas, Spyros ^a   Ibeh, Kevin I N ^b   Wheeler, Colin ^c  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955625134     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00620.x     Document Type: Article

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