Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
1. Introduction
2. Internationalization of SMEs
3. Digital Technologies and Internationalization of SMEs
4. The Articles in this Special Issue
5. Conclusions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Yordanova, D.; Dana, L.-P.; Manolova, T.S.; Pergelova, A. Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Sustainability 2024, 16, 2660. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072660
Yordanova D, Dana L-P, Manolova TS, Pergelova A. Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Sustainability. 2024; 16(7):2660. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072660
Chicago/Turabian StyleYordanova, Desislava, Leo-Paul Dana, Tatiana S. Manolova, and Albena Pergelova. 2024. "Digital Technologies and the Internationalization of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises" Sustainability 16, no. 7: 2660. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16072660