Networking capability and international entrepreneurship: How networks function in Australian born global firms

International Marketing Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 549-572

  Mort, Gillian Sullivan ^a   Weerawardena, Jay ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurialism; International business; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748301997     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330610703445     Document Type: Article

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