Managing the global operation

Trading Places – SMEs in the Global Economy: A Critical Research Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 132-154

  Mazzarol, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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