Internationalization and firm performance of SMEs: The moderating effects of CEO attributes

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Hsu, Wen Tsung ^a   Chen, Hsiang Lan ^b   Cheng, Chia Yi ^a  

^a MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CEO attributes; Information processing capability; Internationalization; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868693221     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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