Born-Globals and Culturally Proximate Markets

Management International Review

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-460

  Freeman, Susan ^a   Hutchings, Kate ^b   Chetty, Sylvie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Born globals; Culturally proximate; International; Knowledge; Technical

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863445629     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-011-0109-9     Document Type: Article

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