Social capital dynamics and foreign market entry

International Business Review

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 663-675

  Agndal, Henrik ^a   Chetty, Sylvie ^b   Wilson, Heather ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foreign market entry; Geographical proximity; Internationalization; Relationships; Small to medium sized enterprises; Social capital dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049162969     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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