Entrepreneurial learning in the international new high-technology venture

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-258

  Voudouris, Irini ^a   Dimitratos, Pavlos ^a   Salavou, Helen ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

international entrepreneurship; international new high technology ventures; process of entrepreneurial learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958734449     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: 17412870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242610369739     Document Type: Article

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