Relatedness and entry mode choice in the context of entrepreneurial business entries

International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 367-389

  Ripollés Meliá, María ^a   Sánchez Peinado, Luz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degree of diversification; Entrepreneurial business entry; Entry mode; External uncertainty; Relatedness between businesses; Transaction specific factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749612208     PISSN: 15547191     EISSN: 15551938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11365-006-0002-3     Document Type: Article

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