Problemistic search and international entrepreneurship

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 441-454

  Wennberg, Karl ^a   Holmquist, Carin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aspiration levels; Behavioral theory of the firm; Internationalization; Problemistic search

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949113542     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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