The Accidental Internationalists: A Theory of Born Globals

Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 117-135

  Hennart, Jean François ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Heuvelstraat 14 ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 84892476953     PISSN: 10422587     EISSN: 15406520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/etap.12076     Document Type: Article

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