Learning by exporting: Lessons from high-technology SMEs

International Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-17

  Love, James H ^a   Ganotakis, Panagiotis ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High tech SMEs; Innovation; Learning by exporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870236543     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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