Policy-driven clusters, interfirm interactions and firm internationalisation: Some insights from Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 794-805

  Richardson, Christopher ^a   Yamin, Mo ^b   Sinkovics, Rudolf R ^b  

^a GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cluster; Internationalisation; Policy driven; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864015997     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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