Export behaviour of SMEs in transition countries

Small Business Economics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 407-435

  Gashi, Petrit ^a   Hashi, Iraj ^b   Pugh, Geoff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRISHTINA   (Serbia)

^b STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Export behaviour; Melitz s dynamic model; Multiple imputation; SMEs; Spillovers; Transition countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876097905     PISSN: 0921898X     EISSN: 15730913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11187-013-9487-7     Document Type: Article

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