The international commitment of late-internationalizing Brazilian entrepreneurial firms

International Marketing Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 228-252

  da Rocha, Angela ^a   de Mello, Renato Cotta ^b   Pacheco, Henrique ^a   de Abreu Farias, Isabel ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Case studies; Entrepreneurialism; Foreign investment; International business; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861548307     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651331211229741     Document Type: Article

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