Challenges and opportunities of internationalization in professional service industries

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1589-1592

  Apfelthaler, Gerhard ^a   Vaiman, Vlad ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

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EID: 84863853408     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642069.2012.665898     Document Type: Editorial

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