Small firm internationalization, innovation, and growth

International Economics and Economic Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 283-296

  Boermans, Martijn A ^a,b   Roelfsema, Hein ^b  

^a DE NEDERLANDSCHE BANK   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Export promotion; Innovation; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920545916     PISSN: 16124804     EISSN: 16124812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10368-014-0310-y     Document Type: Article

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