Institutions and the internationalization of US venture capital firms

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-205

  Guler, Isin ^a   Guillén, Mauro F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Institutional context; Longitudinal (or time series) research design; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 76849094152     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2009.35     Document Type: Article

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