International commitment, post-entry growth and survival of international new ventures

Journal of Business Venturing

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-120

  Sleuwaegen, Leo ^a   Onkelinx, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exit; Globalization; International entrepreneurship; International new ventures; Internationalization models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887159058     PISSN: 08839026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusvent.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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