Barriers to internationalisation: An investigation of the craft microenterprise

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 36, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 912-927

  Fillis, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Craft production; Export; International trade; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135293464     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090560210430872     Document Type: Article

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