On the relationship between firm size, resources, age at entry and internationalization: the case of Slovenian SMEs

Journal of Business Economics and Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 52-73

  Ruzzier, Mitja ^a   Ruzzier, Maja Konecnik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

exporting; firm age at entry; firm size; firm level resources; internationalization; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925937699     PISSN: 16111699     EISSN: 20294433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16111699.2012.745812     Document Type: Article

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