The entrepreneur in the Born Global firm in Australia and Sweden

Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 642-659

  Andersson, Svante ^a   Evangelista, Felicitas ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Entrepreneurs; International business; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751251403     PISSN: 14626004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14626000610705796     Document Type: Article

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