Gradually internationalizing 'born global' firms: An oxymoron?

International Business Review

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 465-483

  Hashai, Niron ^a   Almor, Tamar ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Born global; International new ventures; Internationalization process; Knowledge intensive firms; Small and medium sized enterprises; Stages theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242782440     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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