International entrepreneurial culture-Toward a comprehensive opportunity-based operationalization of international entrepreneurship

International Business Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 708-721

  Dimitratos, Pavlos ^a   Voudouris, Irini ^b   Plakoyiannaki, Emmanuella ^c   Nakos, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International entrepreneurial culture; International entrepreneurship; Opportunity; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861188433     PISSN: 09695931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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