Internationalization of Bulgarian Clusters

Christo Ivanov

doi:10.1515/mosr-2019-0011

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Internationalization of Bulgarian Clusters

Management of Organizations: Systematic Research

Volume 82 (2019): Issue 1 (December 2019)

By: Christo Ivanov

Open Access

|Mar 2020

Abstract

A number of studies ascertain the role clusters play in increasing the competitive power, innovations and economic development of separate countries. The internationalization of clusters is among the factors which contribute to their future development. Small and medium enterprises, which operate on an international level as part of a cluster, manage to improve their economic results. The paper analyses the internationalization process of Bulgarian clusters.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/mosr-2019-0011 | Journal eISSN: 2335-8750 | Journal ISSN: 1392-1142

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Language: English

Page range: 25 - 35

Submitted on: Aug 10, 2019

Accepted on: Dec 10, 2019

Published on: Mar 31, 2020

Published by: Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Economics and Management

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

Keywords:

internationalization,

clusters

Related subjects:

Business and economics,

Business management,

Marketing, sales, customer relations,

Management, organization, corporate governance,

Business development, change management, cooperation,

Human resources, labor practice, job and career

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