Israeli, born global, knowledge-intensive firms: An empirical inquiry

Handbook of Research on European Business and Entrepreneurship: Towards a Theory of Internationalization

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 316-336

  Almor, Tamar ^a   Sperling, Gilad ^b  

^a College of Management Academic Studies ^*  (Israel)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

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