International growth of finnish software firms: Starting points, pathways and outcomes

Journal of Euromarketing

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 7-22

  Kuivalainen, Olli ^a   Lindqvist, Jani ^b   Saarenketo, Sami ^b   Äijö, Toivo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c CEO   (France)

Author keywords

Born globals; Growth; Internationalization; Knowledge intensive firms; Software business

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GLOBALIZATION; GROWTH MODELING; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SOFTWARE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34247518276     PISSN: 10496483     EISSN: 15286967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J037v16n01_02     Document Type: Article

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