Export propensity, export intensity and firm performance: The role of the entrepreneurial founding team

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 693-718

  Ganotakis, Panagiotis ^a   Love, James H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

entrepreneurial founding team; export intensity; Exporting; human capital; productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868514460     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.16     Document Type: Article

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