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International Differences in the Perceptions of Export Obstacles By SMEs in the Same Firm-Level Characteristics: Evidence from European Countries

Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia
Volume 22 (2022): Issue 1 (June 2022)
By: Mehmet Civelek,  Jiří Polách,  Ilona Švihlíková and  Milan Paták  
Open Access
|Jun 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foli-2022-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0198 | Journal ISSN: 1730-4237
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Language: English
Page range: 18 - 45
Submitted on: Feb 17, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 21, 2022
Published on: Jun 18, 2022
Published by: University of Szczecin
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
export obstacles,
SMEs,
Czech Republic,
Slovakia,
Hungary,
firm-level characteristics
Related subjects:
Business and economics,
Political economics,
Political economics, other

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