Ownership and the internationalization of small firms

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 210-233

  George, Gerard ^a   Wiklund, Johan ^b   Zahra, Shaker A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^c BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Family business; International entrepreneurship; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944345168     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304271760     Document Type: Article

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