The Effect of Personal Interaction on the International Technology Development of SMEs

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-26

  Nordman, Emilia Rovira ^a   Tolstoy, Daniel ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

internationalisation; personal interaction; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859117299     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.16.1.16     Document Type: Article

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