Country institutional context, social networks, and new venture internationalization speed

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 388-399

  Kiss, Andreea N ^a   Danis, Wade M ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional context; International entrepreneurship; Internationalization speed; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949116652     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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