First geographic expansion of startup firms: Initial size and entry timing effects

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-395

  Chung, Hsien Jui ^a   Chen, Chun Chung ^b   Hsieh, Tsun Jui ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Entry timing; First geographic expansion; Initial size

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847734404     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2006.10.021     Document Type: Article

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