Finance strategies of rapidly-growing Finnish SMEs: Born Internationals and Born Globals

European Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 590-604

  Gabrielsson, Mika ^a   Sasi, Viveca ^a   Darling, John ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Financial management; Globalization; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986131988     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340410565413     Document Type: Article

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