Closing knowledge gaps in foreign markets

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1097-1113

  Petersen, Bent ^a   Pedersen, Torben ^a   Lyles, Marjorie A ^b  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Foreign market entry; Knowledge gaps; Overconfidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 53549124668     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400409     Document Type: Article

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