Is internationalization associated with investments in HRM? A study of entrepreneurial firms in emerging markets

Human Resource Management

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-713

  Khavul, Susanna ^a   Benson, George S ^a   Datta, Deepak K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging markets; Entrepreneurship; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649472534     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20367     Document Type: Article

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