The impact of interorganizational imitation on new venture international entry and performance

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-30

  Fernhaber, Stephanie A ^a   Li, Dan ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73649103476     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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