Internationalisation and the internet in UK manufacturing SMEs

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 571-593

  Tseng, Ko Min Kevin ^a   Johnsen, Rhona E ^b  

^a Division of Innovation for Business Model ^*  (Taiwan)

^b AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Customer relations; International business; Internationalisation; Internet; Small to medium sized enterprises; UK manufacturers; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051691540     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626001111155718     Document Type: Article

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