Knowledge acquisition and the foreign development of high-tech start-ups: A social capital approach

International Business Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-46

  Presutti, Manuela ^a   Boari, Cristina ^a   Fratocchi, Luciano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Born global; Foreign development; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge exploitation; Social capital; Start up

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847394136     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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