Micro-multinational or not? International entrepreneurship, networking and learning effects

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 908-915

  Dimitratos, Pavlos ^a   Amorós, José Ernesto ^b   Etchebarne, María Soledad ^c   Felzensztein, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; International entrepreneurship; Learning; Micro multinationals; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894288468     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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