Born global or simply rapidly internationalizing? Review, critique, and future prospects

Handbook of Research on Born Globals

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 16-35

  Leonidou, Leonidas C ^a,b   Samiee, Saeed ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

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EID: 84881893213     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9780857938046.00011     Document Type: Chapter

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