Small firms and internationalisation: Learning to manage and managing to learn

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 5-24

  Anderson, Valerie ^a   Boocock, Grahame ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015853922     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2002.tb00068.x     Document Type: Article

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