The international entrepreneurial dynamics of accelerated internationalisation

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 387-403

  Mathews, John A ^a   Zander, Ivo ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

accelerated internationalisation; born globals; IED; international entrepreneurship; OLI

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248325655     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400271     Document Type: Article

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