Selecting the country in which to start internationalization: The non-sequential internationalization model

Journal of World Business

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-437

  Cuervo Cazurra, Alvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Born global firms; Developing country; Internationalization process; Knowledge; Middle East.; Multinational firms; Non sequential internationalization; Sequential internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052546666     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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