Antecedents and consequences of effectuation and causation in the international new venture creation process

Journal of International Entrepreneurship

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-116

  Harms, Rainer ^a   Schiele, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Causation; Effectuation; Entry mode selection; Gazelles; International entrepreneurship; Internationalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862063488     PISSN: 15707385     EISSN: 15737349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10843-012-0089-2     Document Type: Article

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