Internationalization drivers of small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Ethiopia: The case of leather and leather products industry

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 32-42

  Demeke, Yehualashet ^a   Chiloane Tsoka, Germinah Evelyn ^b  

^a ARSI UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Department of Business Management ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory of internationalization; Drivers of internationalization; Ethiopia; Exporting; Internationalization; SMEs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955290419     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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