New ventures in an emerging industry: Access to and use of international resources

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-253

  Bjørgum, Øyvind ^a   Moen, Øystein ^a   Madsen, Tage Koed ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access to resources; Emerging industry; Entrepreneurship; International new ventures; Internationalisation; INV; Marine energy; New ventures; Ocean energy; Pre commercial; Resource acquisition; Small business; Technology partnerships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883879175     PISSN: 14761297     EISSN: 17418054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJESB.2013.056281     Document Type: Article

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