Measuring the Performance of Born-Global Firms Throughout Their Development Process: The Roles of Initial Market Selection and Internationalisation Speed

Management International Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-579

  Trudgen, Ryan ^a   Freeman, Susan ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Born global; Initial internationalisation; International entrepreneurship; Maturity; Performance measurement; Pre founding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907613114     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: 18618901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-014-0210-y     Document Type: Article

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