Born Global or Born to Run? The Long-Term Growth of Born Global Firms

Management International Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 497-525

  Hagen, Birgit ^a   Zucchella, Antonella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

International entrepreneurship; International new ventures; Internationalisation patterns; Longitudinal research; Maturing born global firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907617823     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: 18618901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-014-0214-7     Document Type: Article

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