Business culture in Latin America: Interactive learning for UK SMEs

Journal of European Industrial Training

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 389-397

  Swift, Jonathan S ^a   Lawrence, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business support services; International trade; Learning methods; Mexico; Small to medium sized enterprises; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986104208     PISSN: 03090590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090590310498522     Document Type: Article

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