Social capital in relation to the foreign market entry and post-entry operations of family SMEs

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 133-151

  Kontinen, Tanja ^a   Ojala, Arto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Family SMEs; Foreign market entry; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955859428     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-010-0072-8     Document Type: Article

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