Social networks in the initiation of a high-tech firm's internationalisation

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 526-541

  Komulainen, Hanna ^a   Mainela, Tuija ^a   Tähtinen, Jaana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Case study; High tech; Internationalisation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751554887     PISSN: 1368275X     EISSN: 17415098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2006.010979     Document Type: Article

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