The survival of international new ventures

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 333-352

  Mudambi, Ram ^a,b   Zahra, Shaker A ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm survival; International new ventures; Multinational firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248387226     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400264     Document Type: Article

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