Country of origin and network effects on internationalization: A comparative study of SMEs from an emerging and developed economy

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 916-923

  Ciravegna, Luciano ^a   Lopez, Luis ^b   Kundu, Sumit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The INCAE Business School   (Costa Rica)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Country of origin; Emerging economies; High technology small and medium enterprises; International entrepreneurship; Internationalization; Latin America; Networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894261000     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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