Toward a theory of international new ventures

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-41

  Oviatt, Benjamin M ^a,c   McDougall, Patricia Phillips ^b  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International new ventures

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944387145     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400128     Document Type: Review

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