Risk management in the internationalization process of the firm: A note on the Uppsala model

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-153

  Figueira de Lemos, Francisco ^a,b   Johanson, Jan ^b   Vahlne, Jan Erik ^c  

^a CBQF CENTRO DE BIOTECNOLOGIA E QUÍMICA FINA LABORATÓRIO ASSOCIADO   (Portugal)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commitment; Contingency; Contingent uncertainty; Internationalization; Internationalization process; Knowledge; Risk; Risk management; Uncertainty; Uppsala model

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951956372     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.05.008     Document Type: Article

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