Explosive International Growth and Problems of Success amongst Small to Medium-Sized Firms

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-27

  Chetty, Sylvie ^a   Campbell Hunt, Colin ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

business networks; internationalization knowledge; internationalization process; small to medium sized firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997967326     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242603021001719     Document Type: Article

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