What drives new ventures to internationalize from emerging to developed economies?

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-82

  Yamakawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Peng, Mike W ^a   Deeds, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 37349084296     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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