Internationalisation of small and medium New Zealand wineries: An exploratory study

Small Enterprise Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-73

  Alonso, Abel Duarte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

internationalisation; internationalisation strategies; New Zealand; small and medium wineries; Wine sector; winery owners

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874216347     PISSN: 13215906     EISSN: 11750979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/ser.17.1.58     Document Type: Article

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