External facilitation in the internationalization of high-tech firms

Progress in International Business Research

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 185-204

  Juho, Anita ^a   Mainela, Tuija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

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EID: 84886869658     PISSN: 17458862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1745-8862(2009)0000004013     Document Type: Article

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