Rapid internationalisation among entrepreneurial firms in Australia, Canada, Ireland and New Zealand: An extension to the network approach

International Marketing Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 467-485

  Loane, Sharon ^a   Bell, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Entrepreneurialism; International business; Knowledge management; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748316498     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330610703409     Document Type: Article

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