Trapped or spurred by the home region the effects of potential social capital on involvement in foreign markets for goods and technology

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 783-807

  Laursen, Keld ^a,b   Masciarelli, Francesca ^c   Prencipe, Andrea ^d  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c University G DAnnunzio   (Italy)

^d LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

exports; potential social capital; research and development; technology sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870496573     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.27     Document Type: Article

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