The internationalisation process of small and medium sized enterprises: An evaluation of the stage theory

Entrepreneurship and SME Research: On its Way to the Next Millennium

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 185-197

  Gankema, Harold G J ^a   Snuif, Henoch R ^a   Van Dijken, Koos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b EIM Small Business Research and Consultancy   (Netherlands)

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