The effects of entrepreneurial marketing on born global performance

International Marketing Review

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 439-452

  Kocak, Akin ^a   Abimbola, Temi ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business development; Entrepreneurialism; Globalization; Learning processes; Marketing; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349623633     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330910971977     Document Type: Review

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