Building the Born Global Firm. Developing Entrepreneurial Capabilities for International New Venture Success

Long Range Planning

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-458

  Karra, Neri ^a   Phillips, Nelson ^a   Tracey, Paul ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; ELSEVIER (CO); IN ORDER; INTERNATIONAL (CO); INTERNATIONAL VENTURES; NEW VENTURE CREATION; NEW VENTURES;

HELIUM;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENTREPRENEUR; GLOBALIZATION;

EID: 47649115889     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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