Born globals: (Almost) 20 years of research and still not 'grown up'?

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-190

  Cesinger, Beate ^a,b   Danko, Adriana ^c   Bouncken, Ricarda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Born global; International entrepreneurship; International new venture; Internationalisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857243138     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2012.045203     Document Type: Review

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