Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods in research on international entrepreneurship

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 175-190

  Hohenthal, Jukka ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case studies; International expansion; International experience; Mixed methods; Organizational memory; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250190661     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-007-0010-6     Document Type: Article

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