Network development and knowledge creation within the foreign market: A study of international entrepreneurial firms

Entrepreneurship and Regional Development

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 379-402

  Tolstoy, Daniel ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International entrepreneurship; Knowledge combination; Knowledge creation; Network development; SME

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENTREPRENEUR; FIRM SIZE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955903339     PISSN: 08985626     EISSN: 14645114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08985620903168273     Document Type: Article

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