Do Small and Medium-Sized IT Firms Form Service Partnerships with Nonlocal IT Firms? An Assessment of Facilitators

Journal of Small Business Management

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 986-1010

  Findikoglu, Melike Nur ^a   Watson Manheim, Mary Beth ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84941188345     PISSN: 00472778     EISSN: 1540627X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12117     Document Type: Article

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