Top management team internationalization and firm performance

Management International Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-206

  Nielsen, Sabina ^a,b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate performance; Executive effects; Firm internationalization; Foreign market entry; International experience; Nationality diversity; TMT internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955087794     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-010-0029-0     Document Type: Article

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