The effect of human capital, social capital, and perceptual values on nascent entrepreneurs' export intentions

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Evald, Majbritt Rostgaard ^a   Klyver, Kim ^a   Christensen, Poul Rind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Born Globals; Cognitive characteristics; Export intentions; Human capital; International entrepreneurship; Prefounding phase; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951768104     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-010-0069-3     Document Type: Article

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