Internationalization and innovation in a network relationship context

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1725-1743

  Chetty, Sylvie K ^a,b   Stangl, Loren M ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Computer software; Innovation; International business; New Zealand; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149379278     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090561011079855     Document Type: Article

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