International SMEs from emerging markets—Insights from the Colombian textile and apparel industry

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 9-31

  Gonzalez Perez, Maria Alejandra ^a   Manotas, Eva Cristina ^b   Ciravegna, Luciano ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EAFIT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Apparel industry; Cluster analysis; Colombia; Emerging markets; Exports; Internationalization; Latin America; Recurrence analysis; SMEs; Textiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964334306     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-016-0170-3     Document Type: Article

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