Exporting entrepreneurs: Do they activate their social network in different ways than domestic entrepreneurs?

International Journal of Globalisation and Small Business

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-204

  Klyver, Kim ^a   Christensen, Poul Rind ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Activated social networks; Entrepreneurial process; Export; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951770533     PISSN: 14793059     EISSN: 14793067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJGSB.2007.015481     Document Type: Article

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