Exploring the role of industry structure in New Venture Internationalization

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 517-542

  Fernhaber, Stephanie A ^a   McDougall, Patricia P ^b   Oviatt, Benjamin M ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34447501983     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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