Managing international trade: an analysis of South African SMEs and regional exports

Management Decision

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 710-719

  Soontiens W ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Export; Small to medium sized enterprises; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133021     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740210438544     Document Type: Article

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